[Letter] 1899, Boston, Massachusetts, [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], My Dear Sir, [New York City] / Herbert Small. 1899.

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[Letter] 1899, Boston, Massachusetts, [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], My Dear Sir, [New York City] / Herbert Small. 1899.

Discusses publication of two books and their commission.

4 p. on 4 leaves ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7552677

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 ...

Small, Herbert, 1913-1978

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