Letter, 1900 September 14, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / D. St. Clain. 1900.

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Letter, 1900 September 14, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / D. St. Clain. 1900.

Can's see him as arranged; publisher wants to pubish in December or January a Century issue for which he wants a poem from Markham.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 28 cm.

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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 ...