[Letter] 1916, April 11, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / George Donalson. 1916.

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[Letter] 1916, April 11, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / George Donalson. 1916.

Invites Markham to lecture the boys at the DeWitt High School; he also invites him to have lunch; makes mention that he likes to quote "Outwitted."

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 21-28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7571982

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 ...

Donaldson, George E.

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