Letter, 1912, April 2, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Orrick Johns. 1912.

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 ...

Harrison, Leon, 1866-1928

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Johns, Orrick, 1887-1946

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Author and activist Orrick Johns was born in St. Louis, where he worked as a journalist and critic. In 1919 he moved to New York and worked in advertising, and wrote a play; he travelled throughout Europe in 1926-1929. Johns became involved in labor unions and the Communist Party in California, and wrote for the Daily Worker in New York, although he later left the party and supervised the WPA Writer's Project. He published several books of poems, a novel, and a memoir. He committed suicide in 19...