Letter, 1912, March 22, Cincinnati, Ohio [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, Staten Island, New York / John G, Kidd. 1912.

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Letter, 1912, March 22, Cincinnati, Ohio [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, Staten Island, New York / John G, Kidd. 1912.

Gives Markham permission to use any part of "George Bernard Shaw" in "The World Today" Will forward various boos and book list.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 18-25 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7584791

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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