Carl Sandburg's Chicago

A recent Chicago Tribune article by Steve Johnson celebrates the upcoming 100th anniversary of the publication of Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago" in Poetry magazine's March 1914 issue along with seven other of his Chicago poems.  This poem, that gave Chicago the nickname "City of Big Shoulders," and Sandburg's other Chicago poems can be found in a couple of  the library's titles:   Complete Poems by Carl Sandburg (811 SAN) and Chicago Poems (eAudiobook) available in MyMediaMall. 

Johnson also mentions that Sandburg's work included a variety of genres beyond poetry, including biography, children's books, music compilation, and movie reviews.  Here are a few examples from our collection:
   

The American Songbag compiled by Carl Sandburg

 (Harcourt Brace, 1927) 781.6297 SAN

Abraham Lincoln : The Prairie Years and The War Years by Carl Sandburg (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974, c1966) BIOG Lincoln SAN






Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg

(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988-89, c. 1922-23)

 J Fiction Sandburg 2 vols.

Want to celebrate Sandburg?  Check out the Newberry Library's Carl Sandburg March event, "Stormy, Husky and Brawling for 100 Years."