[Letter] 1911, November 1, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, Dear Sir, Staten Island / J.B. Lippincott Company. 1911.

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[Letter] 1911, November 1, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, Dear Sir, Staten Island / J.B. Lippincott Company. 1911.

Sends him the following books for review: Romance of Aeronautics, The Sensitive Plant, Our Areeable Friends, Brother Scouts, Vicar of Wakefield;also sends him the season's most pleasing gift book "The Sensitive Plant" by Shelley; Markham answeres in his own handwriting thanking for the books which will receive early attention.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7552878

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 ...

J.B. Lippincott Company

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