[Letter] 1914 October 23, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / W.E.B. 1914.

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[Letter] 1914 October 23, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / W.E.B. 1914.

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Asks Markham when he will return the galleys and contract for "The Shoes of Happiness"; Markham replies on the same page that he would like to have ten days to two weeks and asks for confirmation.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 28 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 ...