Carl Sandburg
Though best known as a poet and Lincoln biographer, Carl Sandburg wrote Remembrance Rock, an ambitious historical novel spanning American history from the Mayflower to World War II. His prose shared the democratic vigor of his verse.
Works
- Remembrance RockEpic novel spanning American history through interconnected stories of three generations
- Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie YearsMulti-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln's early life and formative years in the frontier
- Abraham Lincoln: The War YearsMulti-volume biography of Lincoln's presidency during the Civil War and national crisis
- Always the Young StrangersAutobiography of poet Carl Sandburg recounting childhood, youth, and artistic development
- The People YesEpic poem celebrating ordinary Americans and common folk wisdom across the nation
- Chicago PoemsCollection of free verse poems portraying Chicago workers, landscapes, and urban life
- CornhuskersCollection of poems celebrating American agricultural life and rural Midwestern culture
- Smoke and SteelPoetry collection exploring industrial labor, war, and transformation in American society
- Complete PoemsComprehensive collection of Carl Sandburg's poetry across themes of America and nature