Letter 1906 August 5, Landing New Jersey [to] Mr. Gilder, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1906.

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Letter 1906 August 5, Landing New Jersey [to] Mr. Gilder, Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1906.

Markham discusses the honorarium he has in mind for his Barnabas. Then he writes part of a poem The Juggler. Letter is unsigned.

1 p. 1 leaf ; 26 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7552733

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 ...

Gilder, Richard Watson., 1844-1951,

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