[Letter] 1916, February 1, San Francisco, California [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Fred Emerson Brooks. 1916.

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[Letter] 1916, February 1, San Francisco, California [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Fred Emerson Brooks. 1916.

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Asks Markham to forward the poem "Gravedigger" to Alfred Pearsall at the New York Press Club.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 14-25 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 ...

Brooks, Fred Emerson, 1850-1923

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American poet. From the description of Fred Emerson Brooks papers, 1912-1923. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122355005 ...