A towering poem that questions the cost of labor and the future of society.
This edition presents Edwin Markham’s intense meditation on the human cost behind every harvest and stroke of work.
In this collection, the poem confronts power, greed, and the enduring struggle of the common worker. Through stark, enduring imagery, it asks how history will judge those who shape the lives of others and what moral weight rests on the hands that toil.
- Experience the enduring vision of a man and the world he represents, captured in powerful verse.
- Explore the themes of labor, justice, and humanity that have kept this work in conversation for generations.
- This edition includes illustrations by Porter Garnett, shaping the classic text for modern readers.
- Ideal for readers who seek poetry with social impulse and timeless questions about power and responsibility.
Ideal for readers of classic poetry and readers who value works that probe social and moral questions in spare, direct language.