[Letter] 1915 February 13, San Francisco [to] Ms. [Mary] Murphy, [Los Angeles] / Edwin Markham. 1915.

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[Letter] 1915 February 13, San Francisco [to] Ms. [Mary] Murphy, [Los Angeles] / Edwin Markham. 1915.

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Prefers to make his first appearance in L.A. on March 6th and the others thereafter; will send her some press releases; his first choice of topic is "Readings from the Markham Poems with Running Comment on Life and Letters" and his second "Poetry, the Mind of Science."

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 22 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Murphy, Mary, 1867-1949

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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 ...