[Letter] 1926 September 29, Staten Island, New York [to] George Sterling, My dear Poet, [New York] / Edwin Markham. 1926.

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[Letter] 1926 September 29, Staten Island, New York [to] George Sterling, My dear Poet, [New York] / Edwin Markham. 1926.

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Tells him that he is happy to see that he gains increased fame; often discusses his poems; discusses what different projects he is working on and that he is chained to his desk because of it; asks to have some poems from his pen included in his new book, trying to locate three sonnets of Shakespears' skull; congratulates him on his "The Continents' End"; discusses various thing of poetry.

6 p. on 3 leaves ; 28 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 ...

Sterling, George, 1869-1926

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California poet. From the description of Papers of George Sterling [manuscript] 1910-27. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647944409 American poet. From the description of To Ruth Chatterton : typed poem signed, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122445441 From the description of Letter, San Francisco, Ca. to Norbert Hyatt, Hartford, Ct. [manuscript] 1922 March 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647944413 George Sterli...