Letter, Brooklyn, NY [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Oakland, Calif.] / John Black. 1915.

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Letter, Brooklyn, NY [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Oakland, Calif.] / John Black. 1915.

John discusses sending copies to Edwin as he promised. He talks about his writing. He asks about Virgil and ask him to write him. He was upset to hear about a U-boat sunking the Stephano.

2g. on 2leaf ; 18-25 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7574028

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 ...

Black, John, 1893-

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Markham, Virgil, 1899-

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