[Letter] 1921 September 26, Ditroit, Michigan [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Wm. L. Stidger. 1921.

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[Letter] 1921 September 26, Ditroit, Michigan [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Wm. L. Stidger. 1921.

Tells Markham that a young man from his church asked him to autograph a copy of "Shoes of Happyness" which he has paid for but not received; had asked George H. Doran Co. to be Markham's publishercement but was refused, so he suggests MacMillen - John Masefield is one of their poets.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 28 cm.

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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 ...

Masefield, John, 1878-1967

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The English poet, playwright and novelist John Masefield was born in 1878 in Ledbury. After running away to sea early (when he was thirteen) he settled in London from 1897 and devoted himself to writing. Later he moved to Oxford which was where he lived when most of the following collection was produced. Masefield became Poet Laureate in 1930 and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. Among his more notable works are some early reflections of his maritime experiences in Salt Water Ba...

Stidger, William L. (William Le Roy), 1886-

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Methodist-Episcopal clergyman and writer. Brown class of 1912. From the description of Letters to William Leroy Stidger, 1917-1949. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122691965 ...