Carl Sandburg
Author
Formats
Description
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...
Publisher
Globe Pequot
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
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....