Letter 1918 June 21, Staten Island [to] Roger Lewis, [New York City / Edwin Markham]. 1918.

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Letter 1918 June 21, Staten Island [to] Roger Lewis, [New York City / Edwin Markham]. 1918.

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Markham discusses the what roger has said about his poem Man with the Hoe. Mrs. M has vbeen working on the biography, she has been collecting for 18 years. He would like him to visit and gives from directions. Letter is unsigned.

2 p. 1 leaf ; 26 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 ...

Lewis, Roger C.

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Lewis (1918-1984) was a publicist with United Artists from 1952-1961 before becoming an independent motion picture producer. Among the pictures that he produced was "The Pawnbroker," which was released in 1965. The movie deals with a Polish immigrant who has survived the Nazi concentration camps and works in a pawnshop in Harlem, New York. From the description of Papers, 1961-1965. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 30802289 ...