[Letter] 1920 May 14, Sag Harbor, New York [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Great Singer, Staten Island / George Stirling. 1920.

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[Letter] 1920 May 14, Sag Harbor, New York [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Great Singer, Staten Island / George Stirling. 1920.

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Thanks Markham for "Gate of Paradise" which he believes in and would like to meet him there; is glad that he finds his opinion of Markham's work worth quoting; makes a point to say that his name is Stirling with an i; lists a few of Markham's poems that he likes; also states that Markham's war poems are better than his; says what an optimist he must be to call his philosophy of life "somber."

5 p. on 2 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 ...

Stirling, George, 1869-1926.

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