Letter, 1920-1930,New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Sam J. Banks. 1920-1930.

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Letter, 1920-1930,New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Sam J. Banks. 1920-1930.

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Sends Markham four of his poems, "The Tent Speaks", "A Boys Song on Circus Day", The Call of the Sea" and "The Song of a Poet's Son" becaus he wants them to be considered in Markham's anthology.

2 p. ; 28 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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California poet. Raised near Vacaville, became a schoolteacher in Coloma and later in Oakland. Became famous overnight with publication of "The Man with a Hoe," his protest against brutalization of labor, in "San Francisco Examiner" (January 15, 1899). Following this success Markham moved to New York where he scored another triumph with "Lincoln and Other Poems" (1901). He became a well-known reader of his own poems and lecturer of idealistic views, but his creative output for remainder of life ...

Banks, Sam J.

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