JOAQUIN (CINCINNATUS HINER) MILLER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER ON CALLING CARD SIGNED - HFSID 264518
Price: $320.00
JOAQUIN MILLER
Signed, handwritten letter on the back of his calling card
Autograph letter on calling card signed: "J", 3¼x1¾ card.
Written on verso of business card with printed text: "Joaquin Miller/The
Cabin/Washington, D.C." No place, no date. In full: "Thanks for $20
check for March 20. More on [illegible] for other [illegible]. See
as it may be a long time before I can write you again I send you my last and
hope you will like its suggestion of rush. Do visit Mexico. It is [4 words
illegible]. Send my checks to Mr Colin please. Yours." Born
Cincinnatus Miller, this poet of the American West changed his name to
Joaquin to honor an early California outlaw with a Robin Hood-type
reputation. Joaquin Miller (1837-1913) traveled as child by wagon train
with his parents from Indiana to Oregon. He led an adventurous life, joining
both the California and later Alaska gold rushes and suffering serious wounds in
a battle with the Modoc Indians. (He was also for a time a school teacher and an
elected judge.) Miller journeyed to London in 1870, where his first two volumes
of poetry were published: Song of the Sierras and Life Among the
Modocs. After gaining popularity in Europe as "the poet of the
Sierras", he returned to America and built a home in Oakland California,
overlooking San Francisco Bay. Slightly toned. Corners slightly worn. Slightly
soiled on corners. Fine condition.
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