[Letter] 1905 January 7, Yonkers, New York [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / John Spargo. 1905.

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[Letter] 1905 January 7, Yonkers, New York [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / John Spargo. 1905.

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Has lined up a series of lectures and forums and asks Mr. Markham if he could come in the near future and read "The Man With the Hoe" and give a lecture on this topic; if a Sunday is not convenient it could be arranged for a weekday.

3 p. on 1 leaf ; 22 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 ...

Spargo, John, 1876-1966

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British socialist, author. From the description of Reminiscences of John Spargo : oral history, 1950. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309739101 John Spargo was an author and social activist, perhaps best known for his exposé, The Bitter Cry of Children. Born in Cornwall, he apprenticed with a stonecutter and became a lay Methodist minister; he was also an active Socialist in England before emigrating to the United States in 1901, where he ...