Letter, 1908, Aug. 28, New York City, New York. [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Landings, New Jersey, N.Y. / Theodore Dreiser. 1908.

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Letter, 1908, Aug. 28, New York City, New York. [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Landings, New Jersey, N.Y. / Theodore Dreiser. 1908.

Theodore is asking notable americans a question, "If you had it in your power to give this country at Christmas time one gift which, in your judgement, would be best for it and would most enchance its general welfare what gift would you give?"

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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 ...