Carl Sandburg

A collection of fanciful, humorous short stories introducing such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, Henry Hagglyhoagly, the Blue Wind Boy, Googler and Gaggler, and others.

Originally six volumes, it was later edited into one volume. Critics and readers alike consider it the most distinguished, authoritative biography of Lincoln ever published. Growing up in Illinois, Sandburg listened to stories of old-timers who had known Lincoln. By the time it was completed, he had spent a lifetime studying, researching, and writing Lincoln. The biography brings to life the country lawyer who would become one of the most influential...

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

Includes Sandburg works published in: Chicago poems; Cornhuskers; Smoke and Steel; Slabs of the Sunburnt West; Good Morning, America; The people, yes; Honey and salt; Harvest Poems; Wind song; and, The Sandburg Range.

Named by the Library of Congress in a 2012 exhibit as among the top "100 Books that Shaped America," this two-volume set contains 500 stories and 100 songs collected from the author's time as national folklore editor for the Federal Writer's Project (1938-39) as well as his work as archivist of folksongs at the Library of Congress. As Carl Sandburg writes in his foreword, "So here we have nothing less than an encyclopedia of the folklore of America....