Letter, 1918, Sept. 5, New York City [to] [Mr. Edwin Markham], [Oakland, Calif.] / John Black. 1918.

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Letter, 1918, Sept. 5, New York City [to] [Mr. Edwin Markham], [Oakland, Calif.] / John Black. 1918.

Markham was invited to visit the Bishop's but Mr Bishop is leaving for France. He would like him to vist in the fall. If there is anything that Bishop can do for Markham he would gladly do so. He is in a debt of gratitude for Markham's inspiration from his poems and work.

2 p. 1 leaf ; 18-25 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7574613

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 ...

Bishop, L. Brackett.

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