Letter, 1889 May 9, San Francisco [California] [to] Mother / C.E.M. [Charles Edwin Markham]. 1889.

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Letter, 1889 May 9, San Francisco [California] [to] Mother / C.E.M. [Charles Edwin Markham]. 1889.

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Tells his mother he was unable to visit her in San Jose as he was sick in San Francisco. He can be reached by telegram at The History Company, San Francisco.

1 p. ; 10 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 ...