Letter, 1933 June 3, Florence, Italy [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Kate Dalliba Johnsen. 1933.

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Letter, 1933 June 3, Florence, Italy [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Kate Dalliba Johnsen. 1933.

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Sends Markham copys of Gerda's latest verses for the new book; says she is very weak and ready to die; left in the will $500 for him after she dies and another $500 when her sister dies in the Moane Asylum.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 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 ...

Dalliba-John, Kate

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