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Slabs of the Sunburnt West

by Carl Sandburg

Thirty-two poems about life in the American Midwest, focusing on the city of Chicago, Illinois.

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English

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English

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1922

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Carl Sandburg

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Carl August Sandburg was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandb...

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