Carl Sandburg

Rootabaga Stories

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Carl Sandburg



Carl Sandburg is beloved by generations of children for his Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons (which is not in the public domain), a s…

Jazz Fantasia

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Carl Sandburg



As our weekly poem of 30-July-2006, “Jazz Fantasia” was a special challenge because it isn’t just about jazz, it IS jazz. The rhythm is cent…

The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919

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Carl Sandburg



Carl Sandburg's succinct reporting on and reflections upon the race riots that broke out In Chicago in July 1919. - Summary by KevinS

Cornhuskers

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Carl Sandburg



Carl Sandburg's collection of 103 poems that earned a Pulitzer Prize Special Letters Award in 1919.

Slabs of the Sunburnt West

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Carl Sandburg



Thirty-two poems about life in the American Midwest, focusing on the city of Chicago, Illinois. Summary by Matt Pierard

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, Volume 1

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Carl Sandburg



A fascinating look at the early life of Abraham Lincoln through his term as Illinois congressman. Writer and poet Carl Sandburg, with an acc…

Love & Its Historical Shades: Poetic Expressions of Love Based on Varying Time …

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Carl Sandburg, Walt Whitman and Thomas Wyatt



The theme around these poems is how poets expressed their ideas of love as well as the type of language used to convey said love through poe…

Chicago Poems

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Carl Sandburg



"Chicago Poems" was Carl Sandburg's first collection published by a mainstream publishing house. This slender volume contains at l…

Wilderness

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Carl Sandburg



LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Wilderness by Carl Sandburg.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 11, 2021. ----…