Edwin Markham

The Man With the Hoe

originally published:
San Francisco : A.M. Robertson
March 1891

awards:

  • First Book(1891)
  • Johnson Highspot of American Literature(1891)

reference info

bio notes:
born: 4/23/1852
died: 3/7/1940
born as: Charles Edwin Anson Markham

American poet and lecturer, best known for a poem of social protest, "The Man with the Hoe." - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature