7155 20130601191055.0 RICO-1978-941 eng Rico, John What Would Happen Without the American Farmer 1978-01-20 UNCLE SAM'S BACKBONE - When Edwin Markham walked from his Lagoon Valley home to the schools in Vacaville before the turn of the century, he saw first-hand the toiling farmers in the area, which no doubt inspired him in later years to write his immortal poem, "The Man With the Hoe." vacahc@gmail.com http://media.vhcdb.org/articles/941/ Read Article http://www.solanohistory.net/articles/941/941.1.pdf PDF Document 941 48298675894 Publication/Article CaVaHC