Letter, 1927 March 29, Piedmont, California [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Herbert Bashford. 1927.

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Letter, 1927 March 29, Piedmont, California [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Herbert Bashford. 1927.

Mention of Wagner; heared that Marham will come to the West Coast and hopefully will come and visit him to have an old fashioned talk on literary matters and things close to the heart; loves his poem "The Gallow's Bird."

1 p. ; 28 cm.

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Bashford, Herbert, 1871-1928

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American author. From the description of Letter, an autobiography, and an envelope, 1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367397072 ...

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 ...

Wagner, Harald

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