[Letter] 1917, November 12, Chicago, Illinois [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / J.C. Lambert. 1917.

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[Letter] 1917, November 12, Chicago, Illinois [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / J.C. Lambert. 1917.

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Heard him at recite his poems at the concert hall; Mr. Poese had asked to send his poems to Markham:"The Cathedral of All the stores". It was a priviledge listening to him.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 21-28 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 ...

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