[Letter] 1932, Boston, Massachustts [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham] My dear Poet and Friend, [Staten Island] / Wm. L. Stidger. 1932.

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[Letter] 1932, Boston, Massachustts [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham] My dear Poet and Friend, [Staten Island] / Wm. L. Stidger. 1932.

Marvels over the reseption Markham received the other night from the Carnegie Hall audience, he had made them laugh and week and leap; he thanks him for including him as chairman; Virgil gave a beautiful tribute; includes the Herald story and the Zions Herald Review of Markhams book.

2 p. on 2 leaves ; 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 ...

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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 ...