Oilbl Was Joaquin Miller bjrutal at tiines? 



Coggina: I don't know that brutal is the word* He wasn't 

 a family nan by nature and he didn't treat his 

 family any too well. He practically ran away from 

 his ifir^* Be ran away from his daughter. She had 

 to follow him out here. He had been through one 

 or two affairs that were not very commendable. He 

 was a statural masculina person. This I don't 

 consider a 100^ oc^ipliment, 



Oilb: And smong the other literary people » whom did you 

 know quite well? 



Cogginss Ve knew Edwin Markham quite well because he stayed 

 with us several times when he was in California » 

 ^ week or two at a time* 



dilb: He'd already been made famous? 



Cogginss Oh yeSf he was famous. He was in New York but he 

 eame out here for the 191$ World's Fair and tid.ee 

 after that, 



0ilb: Could you tell me something about him« what type 

 of man he was? 



Coggins: A happy outgoing person^ delighted with his 



audiences and his fame, JToaquin, on the other hand, 

 vas a showeff bat not outgoing* 



