Letter, 1913, December 23, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, Staten Island, New York / Simon Goldstein. 1913.

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Letter, 1913, December 23, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, Staten Island, New York / Simon Goldstein. 1913.

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Her literary circle would like to dedicate one evening to the discussion of his writings and asks Markham for a personal statement. Asks to state how he came to write "The Man With the Hoe."

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

Goldstein, Simon.

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