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Sandburg Carl August
(1878–1967)

American poet and biographer, b. Galesburg, Ill. The son of poor Swedish immigrants, he left school at the age of 13 and became a day laborer. He served in the Spanish-American War and, after returning to Galesburg, attended Lombard College (now Knox College). In 1902 he went to work as a newspaperman in Milwaukee. In 1908 he married Lillian... More...

Sweden, 1988, Carl Sanburg and Jenny Linn

USA, 1978, Carl Sandburg