Letter, 1926 July 30, Florence, Italy [to] Mr. & Mrs. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Kate Dalliba Johnsen. 1926.

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Letter, 1926 July 30, Florence, Italy [to] Mr. & Mrs. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Kate Dalliba Johnsen. 1926.

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Wants to know the status of the new book; would like to have it published before she dies since she has heart problems, asks to concentrate on poems Gerda was good at, mentions that her forte was psychology and spirituality. Receipt for 100 pounds is encluded.

4 p. on 2 leaves ; 22 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 ...

Dalliba-John, Kate

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