Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)


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An introduction to Carl Sandburg plus excerpts from influential critical discussions of some poems. Sections include Carl Sandburg's Life; On "Elizabeth Umpstead"; On "Planked Whitefish"; Radical Sandburg; Sandburg on Race; Sandburg and World War I; Sandburg's Journalism; About World War I; Works Cited and Selected Bibliography. From the Modern American Poetry Site (Univ. of Illinois)

A biography of Carl Sandburg from the Books and Writers site, Kuusankoski Public Library, Finland

A review of Ivan R. Dee's Poems for the People, in Kliatt, May, 2002 by James Beschta

Villarreal, Evert. "Recovering Carl Sandburg: politics, prose, and poetry after 1920." A doctoral dissertation, 2006, at the Digital Repository at Texas A&M University

Woolley, Lisa. A review of Illinois Voices: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Poetry, pub. in Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Spring 2002

A primary and secondary bibliography for Carl Sandburg from Dr. Paul P. Reuben's Perspectives in American Literature

Galesburg festival celebrates life, legacy of Carl Sandburg, article in Peoria Journal Star, May, 2004 by Andrea Hicks

A discography for Carl Sandburg with information about his early recordings of Cowboy Songs and Negro Spirituals, by Stefan Wirz

An encyclopedia entry for Carl Sandburg from MSN's Encarta

Biographical information on Carl Sandburg and some nice photos from the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency

Carl Sandburg Historic Site Association at Galesburg, Illinois, Sandburg's birthplace. Information for tourists

Web site for the Carl Sandburg home in Flat Rock, North Carolina maintained by the National Park Service, another tourist site

An introduction to the poet from the Academy of American Poets


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