Letter, 1917, October 10, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Percy S. Grant. 1917.

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Letter, 1917, October 10, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Percy S. Grant. 1917.

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Saw recently in the paper an interview by Markham on the subject "The Man With the Hoe, and the Man With the Gun". Asks if he would consider addressing the Public Forum on that subject. The Forum has a membership of 767.

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

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 ...

Grant, Percy Stickney, 1860-1927

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Cooper, Charles Henry, 1808-1866

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