Letter, 1894 September 25, Tompkins School, [Oakland, California] [to] Mr. Sosso / [Charles Edwin Markham]. 1894.

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Letter, 1894 September 25, Tompkins School, [Oakland, California] [to] Mr. Sosso / [Charles Edwin Markham]. 1894.

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Thanks Mr. Sosso for a copy of his book of poems. This appears to be the first page of a longer letter. Subsequent pages are missing.

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 ...

Sosso, Lorenzo, 1867-

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