Carl Sandburg

A new edition of Sandburg's fanciful, humorous short stories peopled with such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, the BlueWind Boy, and many others.

This illustrated anthology features the celebrated poet's complete works for children—with an introduction by his wife, Paula Sandburg.
As a young father of two daughters, Carl Sandburg noticed that children's literature was still stuck in the traditions of European folklore, centered on princes, princesses and peasants. He wanted to create stories that spoke more directly to American children and their way of life. His first book for...

Chicago Poems is an early collection of poems by American poet Carl Sandburg. This little volume includes the following poems: Chicago, Sketch, Masses, Lost, The Harbor, They Will Say, Mill-Doors, Halsted Street Car, Clark Street Bridge, Passers-by, The Walking Man of Rodin, Subway, The Shovel Man, A Teamster's Farewell, Fish Crier, Picnic Boat, Happiness, Muckers, Blacklisted, Graceland, Child of the Romans, The Right to Grief, Mag, Onion Days, Population...

An epic prose-poem, "The people, yes", is in many ways the culmination of Sandburg's work as a poet. He crafted it over an eight-year period, fusing the American verancular with the details of history and contemporary events. Sandburg's immersion in the Lincoln era had given him an informed sense of history, and he saw striking parallels between Lincoln's time and the Depression years. Believing that economic inequity lay at the root of all social...

Contains poems selected from nine collections, published between 1910 and 1960, including thirteen works which have never before appeared in book form.

Presents a collection of poems by the beloved American author who, as a young man, travelled across the Midwest as a hobo.