Letter 1918 October 21, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Donald Robertson, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1918.

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Letter 1918 October 21, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Donald Robertson, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1918.

Markham discusses his Lincoln poem and the revisions. Letter is unsigned.

1 p. 1 leaf ; 26 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7552327

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 ...

Robertson, Donald, 1860-1926

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