In this outstanding collection of seventy-seven poems, Sandburg eloquently celebrates the themes that engaged him as a poet for more than half a century of writing- life, love, and death. Strongly lyrical, these intensely honest poems testify to human courage, frailty, and tenderness and to the enduring wonders of nature.
In this outstanding collection of seventy-seven poems, Sandburg eloquently celebrates the themes that engaged him as a poet for more than half a centu...
A long poem that makes brilliant use of the legends and myths, the tall tales and sayings of America. "If America has a folksinger today he is Carl Sandburg, a singer who comes out of the prairie soil... who can hand back to the people a creation that has scraps of their own insight, humor, and imagination" (Padraic Colum).
A long poem that makes brilliant use of the legends and myths, the tall tales and sayings of America. "If America has a folksinger today he is Carl Sa...
Offering cultural insights on the pre-World War One era, this book acts as a kind of moral and philosophical tonic, making one believe in the possibilities for art, love, and social reform.
Offering cultural insights on the pre-World War One era, this book acts as a kind of moral and philosophical tonic, making one believe in the possibil...
This volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers, and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpieces--the Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican Convention Speech, the Emancipation Proclamation--but hundreds of lesser-known gems. Alfred Kazin has written that Lincoln was "not just the greatest writer among our Presidents . . . but the most telling and unforgettable of all American 'public' writer-speakers," and it's never been cleaner than in this comprehensive edition.
This volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers, and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpieces-...
In the winter of 1914, Carl Sandburg, then a reporter at The Day Book in Chicago, submitted several of his poems to Harriet Monroe s Poetry magazine. The title poem began: Hog Butcher for the World, / Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat... Monroe at first hesitated to accept the poems because of their unorthodox form and their range from brutality to misty lyricism. But she took a deep breath and printed them. In the decade that followed, Sandburg came quickly to national prominence. In Poems for the People, George and Wilene Hendrick, Sandburg s most accomplished interpreters, have selected...
In the winter of 1914, Carl Sandburg, then a reporter at The Day Book in Chicago, submitted several of his poems to Harriet Monroe s Poetry magazine. ...
This early work by Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sandburg is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains a large collection of his poetical works and is thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in the history of American poetry. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
This early work by Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sandburg is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains a large collection of his ...
