Selected Poems

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1996 - 285 pages
Superb collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.

This collection of Sandburg's finest and most representative poetry draws on all of his previous volumes and includes four unpublished poems about Lincoln. The Hendricks's comprehensive introduction discusses how Sandburg's life and beliefs colored his work and why it continues to resonate so deeply with americans today.

Edited and with an Introduction by George and Willene Hendrick.

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Contents

Chicago
3
Mamie
9
IMAGES
35
Bumble Bee Days
41
POEMS
49
Child of the Romans
55
The Mayor of Gary
61
Paula
67
Memoir of a Proud Boy 137 Sayings of Henry Stephens
165
Nigger
168
A Reporter in Debt
174
Cartoon
184
The Lawyers Know
190
Slabs of the Sunburnt West
197
A Couple
206
Timesweep
222

LINCOLN
77
The People Yes No 57
86
Mr Lincoln and His Glovest
92
Old Timers 202 Evidence As to a She Devil
141
A Million Young Workmen Osawatomie
147
Open Letter to the Poet Archibald Mysterious Biography
153
Jazz Fantasia
159
SMUSINGS
239
POETRY
267
Original Publication
273
Index of Titles and First
279
About the Editors
285
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About the author (1996)

CARL SANDBURG (1878-1967) was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize, first in 1940 for his biography of Abraham Lincoln and again in 1951 for Complete Poems. Before becoming known as a poet, he worked as a milkman, an ice harvester, a dishwasher, a salesman, a fireman, and a journalist. Among his classics are the Rootabaga Stories, which he wrote for his young daughters at the beginning of his long and distinguished literary career.

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