Letter, 1923, January 4, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Percy S. Grant. 1923.

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Letter, 1923, January 4, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Percy S. Grant. 1923.

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Thanks Mr. Markham for giving her the volume he had read from last night. Goes on to say, that as a poet he meets all expectations with his personality, his talk, his character and literary power.

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 ...

Grant, Percy Stickney, 1860-1927

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