Letter 1899, San Francisco, Calf [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Harr Wagner. 1899.

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Letter 1899, San Francisco, Calf [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Harr Wagner. 1899.

Harr tells Markham how proud everyone is of the way Markham has kept up with the high water mark in his Literary work. Also that the State of Washington seems very interested because he has recieved inquiries of Markhams work.

1 p. on 1 leaf 18-25 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7548173

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 ...

Wagner, Harr, 1857-1936

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California historian and publisher. From the description of Harr Wagner correspondence, 1899-1903. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26517093 ...