[Letter] 1917, April 26, Berkley, California [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Dorothy Dyar. 1917.

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[Letter] 1917, April 26, Berkley, California [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Dorothy Dyar. 1917.

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Has gotten Markham's three poem volume for her birthday and was so taken by the poetry that she had to write Markham and thank him for making her the happiest person alive.

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

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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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 ...

Dyar, Dorothy

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