Letter 1941, April 30, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Lorna Gill Walsh. 1941.

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Letter 1941, April 30, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Lorna Gill Walsh. 1941.

Lorna askes Markham if he has any remeninisences of her brother. She would like them along with biographical material, poems etc.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 18-25 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7549458

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 ...

Walsh, Lorna Gill.

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