Letter 1923 July 6, Staten Island, New York [to] George Washington Ochs Oakes, [Staten Island / Edwin Markham]. 1923.

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Letter 1923 July 6, Staten Island, New York [to] George Washington Ochs Oakes, [Staten Island / Edwin Markham]. 1923.

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Markham write to George about Decadent Fiction and he is glad that George stands against it. He wants to send Virgil (his son) and other young man a copy of Georges lecture on this matter. Letter is unsigned.

1 p. l 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 ...

Oaks, George Washington Ochs, 1861-1931,

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