Letter 1918, April 3, Staten Island [to] George Sylester Viereck, Unknown / Edwin Markham. 1918.

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Letter 1918, April 3, Staten Island [to] George Sylester Viereck, Unknown / Edwin Markham. 1918.

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Markham thanks George for sending him Mr Pennie's address. Markham will also thank Mr Pennie for his generous gift. H again thanks George for his letter concerning Markham's ballad, The Road to the Gallows Tree. Letter is unsigned. He also includes a rough drift of poems he is working on.

1 p. 1 leaf ; 26 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Viereck, George Sylvester, 1884-1962

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Poet, novelist, journalist, biographer, and pro-German publicist; biographer of Edward M. House; in March, 1942 convicted of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act and sentenced to prison. From the description of George Sylvester Viereck papers, 1924-1938 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169142 "George Sylvester Viereck," http://www.anb.org (accessed September 27, 2006). Biographical information derived from the collection. ...

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 ...