Letter, 1915, July 21, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, New York]] / Albert & Charles Boni. 1915.

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Letter, 1915, July 21, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, New York]] / Albert & Charles Boni. 1915.

Inquires if they could print his poem "The Man With the Hoe" in their to be published enthology "Fifty Best Poems of America."

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7594432

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 ...

Albert & Charles Boni

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Albert Boni was born in 1892 in New York City and attended Harvard University. Between the two world wars Albert Boni left a lasting impression on the publishing world, first with Horace Liveright (Boni & Liveright) and then with his brother Charles (Albert & Charles Boni, Inc.). Boni's first publishing venture was The Little Leather Library, which sold abridged classics in a very small format through Woolworth's (1914). After selling the Washington Square Bookshop in 1917, he joined Hor...