Letter 1929 Jan. 26, Staten Island [to] [George E. Donaldson], Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1929.

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Letter 1929 Jan. 26, Staten Island [to] [George E. Donaldson], Unknown / [Edwin Markham]. 1929.

Markham is waiting for copies of Man with the Hoe. To come. He asks if Donaldson has seen The Ballad of The Gallow-Bird. He is ooking for an illustrator and nothing spiritualistic has happen in his life. Letter is unsigned.

1 p. 1 leaf ; 26 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7553148

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 ...

Donaldson, George E.

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