Letter 1899, August 15, Oakland, Cailf. [to] Dearest and best [Edwin Markham], New York City / Signed A., [Anne Catherine Markham]. 1899.

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Letter 1899, August 15, Oakland, Cailf. [to] Dearest and best [Edwin Markham], New York City / Signed A., [Anne Catherine Markham]. 1899.

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Letter is address to Dearest and best. She is missing Edwin very much and feels she is not a part of his life since he has been on tour. She discusses reviews in the papers, family things and the baby.

4 p. 2 leaf ; 18-25 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 ...