Letter 1928 June 15, Eldorado, Illinois [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Vachel Davis. 1928.

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Letter 1928 June 15, Eldorado, Illinois [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Vachel Davis. 1928.

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Vachel thanks Markham for answering his question about his greatest inspiration. Vachel can understand Markham's life and when speaks of God.

2 p. on 1 leafves ; 18-25 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Davis, Vachel, 1898-1966

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Artist, Eldorado, Illinois; known as "the coal miner artist." From the description of Letter : Eldorado, Illinois, to Mrs. Vachel Lindsay, Springfield, Illinois, 1931 Dec. 31. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29417917 ...

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 ...