Letter, 1902 August 16, West New Brighton, New York, U.S.A. / Edwin Markham. 1902.

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Letter, 1902 August 16, West New Brighton, New York, U.S.A. / Edwin Markham. 1902.

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Markham orders copies of the journals Contemporary and The Expositor, as well as a number of books from an unnamed dealer in England. He encloses 16 pounds to cover the costs and requests they be sent by book post.

1 p. ; 23 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 ...