EDWIN MARKHAM - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 11/21/1930 - HFSID 18520
Price: $460.00
EDWIN MARKHAM
The poet penned and dated a short letter on this card in 1930 to let the head of a boys
school know that "you have the knowledge, the enthusiasm, the tact for the great task".
Autograph letter signed "Edwin Markham". 1 page, 6x4 card. Nov. 21, 1930. In full: "My
dear Dr. Green: I leave your roof reluctantly. I have had joy in meeting you and your winsome
wife. You are the right man to head a school for boys: you have the knowledge, the enthusiasm,
the tact for the great task. - your friend". Markham (1852-1940, born Charles Edward Anson
Markham in Oregon City, Oregon) is an American poet and lecturer best known for his social
protest poem The Man with the Hoe (1899). This poem is based on a painting by
Jean-Francois Millet about a peasant. Markham used this peasant to represent exploited
men and women the world over. He also wrote Lincoln, Man of the People (1901), which
was almost as popular as The Man with the Hoe. Lightly toned. Random ink stains.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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