Edwin Markham: American Poet, Labor Group Activist and for Ten Years Poet Laureate of the State of Oregon. Edwin Markham: American Poet, Labor Group Activist and for Ten Years Poet Laureate of the State of Oregon. (3) Three ALS, 1900-1906. (1852-1940) Three autographed letters signed by Edwin Markham, a poet of great popularity of the first half of the 20th Century. Markham's most famous poem, "The Man with the Hoe," which accented laborers' hardships, was first presented at a public poetry reading in 1898 and hit with a thunderclap opening doors and lecture opportunities. Offered are three, very congenial letters declining an invitation to lecture, committing to a march for hunger in Atlantic City and committing to an invitation late with each having Markham's impressive signature. All are in excellent condition. Estimated Value $250 - 400. Estimated Value $150 - 300
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