Letter, 1904 July 29, Landing, New Jersey [to] Mr. Wm. Mills [sic] Butler / Edwin Markham. 1904.

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Letter, 1904 July 29, Landing, New Jersey [to] Mr. Wm. Mills [sic] Butler / Edwin Markham. 1904.

Markham reviews the second poem sent to him by Butler and suggests that "you have fine feeling, but imperfect expression as yet."

1 p. ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7579581

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 ...

Butler, William Mill, 1857-

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