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Author: Carl Sandburg
Carl August Sandburg (1878 – 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. During his lifetime, he was regarded as a major figure in contemporary literature, especially for volumes of his collected verse, including Chicago Poems (1916), Cornhuskers (1918), and Smoke and Steel (1920).
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