
Poetry of Carl Sandburg
1996
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Carl Sandburg's first published book of verse dates back to 1916. Written in the poet's unique, personal idiom, these poems embody a soulfulness, lyric grace and a love and compassion for the common man that earned Sandburg a reputation as a poet of the people.
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Carl Sandburg
Author · 49 books
Free verse poems of known American writer Carl August Sandburg celebrated American people, geography, and industry; alongside his six-volume biography Abraham Lincoln (1926-1939), his collections of poetry include Smoke and Steel (1920). This best editor won Pulitzer Prizes. Henry Louis Mencken called Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl\_San...