Letter 1899, Oct. 16, New York City to Mr. Edwin Markham, [New York City] / New York Journal. 1899.

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Letter 1899, Oct. 16, New York City to Mr. Edwin Markham, [New York City] / New York Journal. 1899.

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Mr. Block askes Mr. Markham if he is sending out a poem to him, this week. He wants to know if he will get in enough time to make the illustrations.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 18-25 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 ...

Block, Rudolph, 1870-1940.

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