Letter, 1899 April 1, Oakland, California [to] Mr. Knight / Edwin Markham. 1899.

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Letter, 1899 April 1, Oakland, California [to] Mr. Knight / Edwin Markham. 1899.

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Thanks McKnight for his kind words in regard to his poem, The Man with the Hoe. He also indicates that he has not thoroughly studied the Union Reform League "but I have little doubt that they are sound and practical."

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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 ...

Union Reform League.

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