Letter 1919 November 27, Staten Island [to] William Austin Smith, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1919.

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Letter 1919 November 27, Staten Island [to] William Austin Smith, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1919.

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Markham has read William's inspiring article The War and Religion and critics it. He discusses his Hoe poem. Letter seems incomplete and unsigned.

1 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 ...

Smith, William Austin, 1845-

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