[Letter] 1906 June 20, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, Staten Island / McClure, Phillips & Co. 1906.

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[Letter] 1906 June 20, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, Staten Island / McClure, Phillips & Co. 1906.

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Asks Markham for permission to have Alfred H. Miles use his poem "The Man With the Hoe" under the title "The Poets and the People.

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 ...

McClure, Phillips & Co.

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