Born: 01/08/1878   Galesburg , IL
Died: 07/22/1967
Parents: August and Clara Johnson (changed their name to Sandburg when came to America from Sweden)
Spouse: Lillian (Paula) Steichen
Children: Margaret, Janet, Helga Crile (originally named Mary Ellen)
Address(es):
Interred:
Galesburg , IL

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Breathing Tokens - Edited by daughter Margaret Sandburg	Poetry	Children	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1978
	A Sandburg Treasury : Prose & Poetry for Young People	Poetry	Children	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1970
	Letters of Carl Sandburg	Non Fiction	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1968
	Honey and Salt	Poetry	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace World	1963
	Harvest Poems, 1910-1960	Poetry	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1960
	Wind Song	Poetry	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1960
	- Collaborator on screenplay for King of Kings	Drama	Adult		1960
	The Fiery Trial	Non Fiction	Adult	New York: Dell Publishing	1959
	Chicago Dynamic - Poet and architect discuss developments in modern culture.|CARL SANDBURG AND FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT : CHICAGO DYNAMIC / moderated by Alistair Cooke. - Poet Sandburg and architect Wright discuss developments and implications of modern urban culture. - RECORDED: by WTTW in Chicago, 29 Oct. 1957. BROADCAST: WBAI, 24 Apr. 1962. . Date Recorded on: by WTTW in Chicago, 29 Oct. 1957. . Date Broadcast on: WBAI, 24 Apr. 1962. .- See more at: http://pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/bb4413#sthash.B3JfioEv.dpuf	Non Fiction	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1957
	The Sandburg Range	Non Fiction	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1957
	Prairie-Town Boy	Biography	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1955
	Always the Young Strangers - Autobiography, recorded excerpts for Caedmon in 1966	Biography	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1952
	Remembrance Rock	Historical Fiction	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1948
	The Lincoln Reader: An Appreciation	Non Fiction	Adult	Privately printed	1947
	Poems of the Midwest	Poetry	Adult	World Publishing	1946
	Photographs of Abraham Lincoln - With Frederick Hill Meserve	Non Fiction , History	Adult	Harcourt, Brace	1944
	Home Front Memo	Non Fiction	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1943
	Storm Over the land	Non Fiction	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1942
	Bronze Wood	Non Fiction	Adult	Grabhorn Press	1941
	Abraham Lincoln : The Sagamon Edition - 6 volumes	Biography , History	Adult	Scribner	1940
	Abraham lincoln : The War Years - 4 volumes	Non Fiction , Biography , History	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1939
	A Lincoln and Whitman Miscellany	Non Fiction , History	Children	Holiday Press	1938
	The People, Yes - Recorded excerpts for Caedmon	Poetry	Children	New York : Harcourt, Brace	1936
	Mary Lincoln, Wife and Widow	Biography , History	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1932
	Early Moon	Poetry	Children	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1930
	Potato Face	Poetry	Children	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1930
	Steichen, The Photographer - An exhibition of Steichen's work published in book format with an introduction by Carl Sandburg, Steichen's brother-in-law.	Non Fiction , Biography	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1929
	Abe Lincoln Grows Up	Non Fiction , Biography	Children , Teen	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1928
	Good Morning, America	Poetry	Adult , Children , Teen	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1928
	Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years	Non Fiction , Biography	Adult	Harcourt, Brace	1927
	The American Songbag - Edited and recorded excerpts for Caedmon	Poetry	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1927
	Selected Poems of Carl Sandburg	Poetry	Adult , Children , Teen	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1926
	Songs of America	Poetry	Adult , Children , Teen	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1926
	Abraham Lincoln, the Prairie Years - 2 volumes.	Non Fiction , Biography , History	Adult	Harcourt Brace & Company	1926
	M'Liss and Louie	Poetry	Adult	In The American Mercury, July 1924, p. 274	1924
	Rootabaga Pigeons	Fiction , Fantasy , Short Stories	Children	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1923
	Rootabaga Stories	Fiction , Fantasy , Short Stories	Children	Harcourt, Brace	1922
	Slabs of the Sunburn West	Poetry	Adult	New York: Harcourt, Brace	1922
	Smoke and Steel	Poetry	Adult	Harcourt, Brace & Howe	1920
	The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919	Non Fiction	Adult	Harcourt, Brace & Howe	1919
	Cornhuskers	Poetry	Adult	Holt	1918
	Chicago Poems - Chicago Poems established Sandburg as a major figure in contemporary literature.(Publication Years: 1916, 1994)	Poetry	Adult	Holt, Dover	1916
	Joseffy - Promotional biography commissioned by a wandering magician written as Charles Sandburg	Non Fiction	Adult	Asgard Press	1910
	You and Your Job - Socialism written as Charles A. Sandburg	Non Fiction	Adult	Charles H. Kerr	1906
	Reckless Ecstasy, The Plaint of a Rose, Incidentals - Written as Charles A. Sandburg (Publication Years: 1904, 1905, 1905)	Poetry	Adult	Asgard Press	1904
	U. S. Government - Author of commentary for film "Bomber'	Poetry	Children

What is the aim or goal of your writing: After working in Milwaukee and Chicago, he settled in Harbert, Michigan on the shores of Lake Michigan. He continued writing the poetry and prose for which he became famous. His later years he lived in North Carolina. The underlying theme of his works is his deep faith in America and he has traveled about America to sing and tell about it.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

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