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Carl Sandburg's Life - English
URL: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/s_z/sandburg/sandburg_life.htm

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Sandburg, Carl (6 Jan. 1878-22 July 1967), poet, writer, and folk musician, was born Carl August Sandburg in Galesburg, Illinois, the son of August Sandburg, a railroad blacksmith's helper, and Clara Mathilda Anderson. His parents were hardworking Swedish immigrants who had met when August Sandburg was working on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in Galesburg and Clara Mathilda Anderson, who had traveled on her own to the new world, was employed as a hotel maid in Bushnell, Illinois.

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48030. Sandburg, Carl. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996 - English
URL: http://www.bartleby.com/66/30/48030.html

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48030. Sandburg, Carl. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996

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Sandburg biography page - English
URL: http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~rmrober/sandburg/biography.htm

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Autobiography. Other Biographical Sources.

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Carl Sandburg - English
URL: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/sandburg.htm

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American poet, historian, novelist and folklorist, 'the singing bard', whose works are deeply rooted in the life of common people. Sandburg's main theme was the needs of the least powerful and the evoction of democracy. He was a central figure in the 'Chicago Renaissance' and he played a significant role in the development in poetry that took place during the first two decades of the 20th century. His emphasis on the tradition of American experience associate him with Hart Crane and Robinson Jeffers.

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