Letter, 1912 February 18, Fruitevale, California [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Leigh H. Irvine. 1912.

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Letter, 1912 February 18, Fruitevale, California [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Leigh H. Irvine. 1912.

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Introduces himself and his accomplishments; asks for a "selling house"; sends him three of his books "Alameda", "Historic Strikes" and "Wedding of the Sea".

2 p. on 2 leaves ; 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 ...

Irvine, Leigh H. (Leigh Hadley), 1863-1942

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