Letter, 1929 December 14, Rome, Italy [to] Mr. & Mrs. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Kate Dalliba Johnsen. 1929.

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Letter, 1929 December 14, Rome, Italy [to] Mr. & Mrs. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Kate Dalliba Johnsen. 1929.

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Sends them a portarait of Gerda for the new book; says that the book must state that the verses were collected after her death and that she was only 28 years old; states that her english books portraits her as a child prodigy; .

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 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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