Letter, 1915, December 18, Binghamton, New York [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], Dear Sir [Staten Island, New York] / Charles M. Dickenson. 1915.

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Letter, 1915, December 18, Binghamton, New York [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham], Dear Sir [Staten Island, New York] / Charles M. Dickenson. 1915.

Enjoyed reading "THe Shoes of Happyness" especially since Markham still finds the forms of poetic expression sufficient for his purpose. Hopes to meet him someday. He did meet Mrs. Markham a number of times.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 21-28 cm.

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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 ...

Dickenson, Charloes Monroe, 1842-1924.

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