Letter, 1905 November 11, Westerleigh, Staten Island, New York [to] Mr. Goff / Edwin Markham. 1905.

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Letter, 1905 November 11, Westerleigh, Staten Island, New York [to] Mr. Goff / Edwin Markham. 1905.

Invites Mr. Goff to Sunday afternoon dinner at the Markham cottage on Staten Island.

2 p. ; 20 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7579600

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 ...