[Letter] 1916, January 21, San Francisco [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / Paul Elder. 1916.

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[Letter] 1916, January 21, San Francisco [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / Paul Elder. 1916.

Informs Markham of George Hamlin Fitch's book "Great Spiritual Writer". Since one chapter is dedicated to Markham the publisher is asking for an autographed photograph and some view that is intimately associated with his life.

1 p. on 3 leaves ; 22-28 cm.

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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 ...

Elder, Paul W.

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Fitch, George Hamlin, 1852-1915

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