[Letter] 1915 July 6, Carmel, Maine [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Gertrude Hamilton. 1915.

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[Letter] 1915 July 6, Carmel, Maine [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / Gertrude Hamilton. 1915.

Informs Markham that she has seen his poem "Vigilia" set to music by Edith H. Krester. Would like to know the price of "Shoes of Happyness."

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 14-18 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 ...

Hamilton, Gertrude.

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