Impressive group lot of three items signed by noted American poet Edwin Markham, which is highlighted by a handwritten poem entitled “The Forgotten Man,” penned by Markham on two off-white 7 x 9.5 sheets, signed at the conclusion, “Edwin Markham, March, 1933,” who adds a prefatory statement: “Dedicated to Franklin D. Roosevelt after hearing his lofty and noble appeal for The Forgotten Man.” The final stanza of the poem: “All honor to the man who in this hour / Cries to the world as from a lighted tower — / Cries for the man forgotten. Honor the one / Who asks for him a glad place in the sun!” The two other items: an ink signature, “Edwin Markham,” on an off-white 2 x .25 slip affixed to the bottom of a mounted photograph; and a printed copy of Markham’s poem ‘Lincoln, The Man of the People,’ one page, 10 x 8, signed below his image in fountain pen, “Your friend, Edwin Markham.” In overall fine condition.
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