Letter, 1902 February 20, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Robert Mackay. 1902.

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Letter, 1902 February 20, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Robert Mackay. 1902.

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Acknowledges cancelation for the dinner since Markham will have a special guest that day, Mr. Garland, although he would like to present too; discusses Markhams latest poems and makes some suggestions.

1 p. ; 28 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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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 ...