Letter 1916 June 26, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Dean Howells, [New York City] / Edwin Markham. 1916.

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Letter 1916 June 26, Staten Island, N.Y. [to] Dean Howells, [New York City] / Edwin Markham. 1916.

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Edwin tells Dean that there will be a meeting in memory of the poet-patriots of Ireland at Central Park. He is asking the committee to preside at the meeting. He would like George to send some words to be read at the meeting.

1 p. 1 leaf ; 26 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 ...

Howells, Dean,

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