[Letter] 1916, October 18, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / John Jerome Rooney. 1916.

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[Letter] 1916, October 18, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / John Jerome Rooney. 1916.

Urges Mr. Markham to take the offer made by Otis, F. Wood, putting out short Syndicate letters from him through a series of newspapers.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 18-21 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7579647

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 ...

Rooney, John Jerome, 1866-1934

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