Letter, October 16, Twickenham, London [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Francis Grierson. 2000.

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Letter, October 16, Twickenham, London [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Francis Grierson. 2000.

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Just dropped his latest book "The Humour of the Underman" to him. Thinks that this is his best work and contains the Essay "The Emotional Power of Genius", which elludes to "The Man With the Hoe". Is in contact with some new publisher who is not afraid to say what he thinks.

4 p. on 2 leaves ; 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 ...

Grierson, Francis, 1848-1927

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Author, pianist and spiritualist. Second cousin to Benjamin H. Grierson. Born Benjamin Henry Jesse Francis Shepard, and known as Jesse Shepard, he adopted his mother's family name in 1899. From the description of Papers, 1889-1927. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 32363842 Biographical / Historical Notes Benjamin Henry Jesse Francis Shepard (1848-1927) was a musician, au...