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Association works to share Sandburg with visitors

Galesburg Register-Mail - Jan 25, 2012
By BARBARA SCHOCK To fulfill its purpose, the Carl Sandburg Historic Site Association conducts a variety of programs and activities throughout each year. The events attract members of the public of all ages and encourage interest in Carl Sandburg, ...

Carl Sandburg women waste big lead

Galesburg Register-Mail - Jan 24, 2012
Carl Sandburg's Diamond Burt goes up for a layup against Monmouth College's JV team during their Monday night game. By Anonymous It was another meltdown and another loss for the Carl Sandburg College women's basketball team Monday at John Lewis Gym as ...

Tom Wilson: Every penny counts for poet Carl Sandburg

Galesburg Register-Mail - Jan 24, 2012
By TOM WILSON Way back in 1909 Galesburg born writer Carl Sandburg penned an essay for the Milwaukee Daily News pertaining to the newly minted copper penny bearing the face of former President Abraham Lincoln. “The face of Abraham Lincoln on the copper ...

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Chicago Poems

by: Carl Sandburg
The Chicago Poems, and its follow-up volumes of verse, Cornhuskers (1918) and Smoke and Steel (1920) represent Sandburg's attempts to found an American version of social realism, writing expansive verse in praise of American agriculture and industry. All of these tendencies are manifest in "Chicago" itself. Then, as now, the city of Chicago was a hub of commodities trading, and a key financial center for agricultural markets. The city was also a center of the meat-packing industry, and an important railroad hub; these industries are also mentioned in the poem.
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Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend

by: Scott Reynolds Nelson
The ballad "John Henry" is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry--the mighty railroad man who could blast through rock faster than a steam drill--is a towering figure in our culture.
In Steel Drivin' Man, Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts the true story of the man behind the iconic American hero, telling the poignant tale of a young Virginia convict who died working on one of the most dangerous enterprises of the time, the first rail route through the Appalachian Mountains.
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Poetry for Young People: Carl Sandburg

Travel around the country with Carl Sandburg, a twentieth-century poet who has been called the voice of America. Hop aboard his poetry train on which each amazing poem leads to a different destination - some quiet and serene, others alive with zest and humour. More than 30 of his wonderful poems are presented here, along with specially commissioned illustrations that capture the spirit of his poetry.
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Songs for the Open Road: Poems of Travel and Adventure

Collection of more than 80 poems by 50 American and British masters celebrates travel, adventure and the many real and metaphorical journeys each of us take in the course of our lives. Works by Whitman, Byron, Millay, Sandburg, Service, Bliss Carman, Robert Louis Stevenson, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Shelley, Tennyson, Yeats, many others. Note.

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