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| Name: |
Carl Sandburg | | Birth Date: |
January 6, 1878 | | Death Date: |
July 22, 1967 | | Place of Birth: |
Galesburg, Illinois, United States | | Place of Death: |
Flat Rock, North Carolina, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
poet, biographer, singer |
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Biography of Carl Sandburg
848 words, approx. 2.8 pages
 An American poet, anthologist, singer of folk songs and ballads, and biographer, Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) is best known for his magnificent biography of Abraham Lincoln and his early "realistic" verse celebrations of Chicago. The legend of Carl Sandburg...
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Biography of Carl Sandburg
6307 words, approx. 21 pages
 American poet and biographer Carl Sandburg sketched a revealing portrait of himself in the preface to his Complete Poems (1950): "there was a puzzlement," he said, "as to whether I was a poet, a biographer, a wandering troubadour with a guitar, a midwest...
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Biography of Carl (August) Sandburg
5462 words, approx. 18.2 pages
 American poet and biographer Carl Sandburg sketched a revealing portrait of himself in the preface to his Complete Poems (1950): "there was a puzzlement," he said, "as to whether I was a poet, a biographer, a wandering troubadour with a guitar, a midwest...



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 The Horn Book Magazine
Prairie Town. (book reviews)
05/01/1998: 350 words, approx. 1 pages Bonnie Geisert Prairie Town; illus. by Arthur Geisert 32 pp. Lorraine/Houghton 3/98 ISBN 0-395-85907-7 16.00 (Younger, Intermediate) Panoramic spreads featuring typical events of perhaps a generation ago evoke small-town life on the prairie. Depicting an entire town from different vantage points that also...
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 The Washington Post
In Prairie Town, Skeptical Residents Share Health Care Horror Stories
12/22/1993: 1,309 words, approx. 4 pages In contrast with other small dots on the map of rural America, this prairie town is blessed with a relative abundance of medical care: a 28-bed hospital, a clinic with two full-time doctors and a part-timer on weekends, a nursing home and a part-time...


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