Letter, 1917, October 18, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Percy S. Grant. 1917.

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Letter, 1917, October 18, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Percy S. Grant. 1917.

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Is happy that he accepted the invitation to speak for the Public Forum. Subject: "Readings from the Markham Poems, with Comments Grave and Gay".

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

Cooper, Charles Henry, 1808-1866

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Grant, Percy Stickney, 1860-1927

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