Letter, 1914, February 23, San Jose, California [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Clare M. Hodges. 1914.

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Letter, 1914, February 23, San Jose, California [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Clare M. Hodges. 1914.

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Heared Markham read the poem "The Joy of the Hills" which toughed her. She goes on to say that it is her happiest day when she heard her favourite poem read by the author, namely Markham.

3 p. on 1 leaf ; 18-21 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 ...

Hodges, Clare M.

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