[Letter] 1917 March 8, San Francisco, California, [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], Dear Sire, Staten Island, New York / George Stirling. 1917.

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[Letter] 1917 March 8, San Francisco, California, [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], Dear Sire, Staten Island, New York / George Stirling. 1917.

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Thanks him for the praise of "Caged Eagle"; was inspired by "The Road to the Gallow's Tree"; would not take out any stanza and goes on to give a very lengthy criticism.

8 p. on 2 leaves ; 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 ...

Stirling, George.

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