Carl Sandburg (6 January, 1878 – 22 July 1967) was an American writer, editor and poet.
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- Sandburg’s parents emigrated from Sweden.
- The family’s name was originally Johnson, but due to the many Johnson’s his father met he renamed the family.
- At age 13 Mr. Sandburg left school to help out his poor family.
- At age 17 Mr. Sandburg lived as a hobo.
- During the Spanish-American War, Mr. Sandburg served in Puerto Rico.
- During his service, a student from Lombard College, which was in Mr. Sandburg’s hometown, convinced him to enroll.
- Professor Philip Green Wright saw talent in his Sandburg, his student, encouraged him to write and even paid to publish his volume book of poems.
- Mr. Sandburg never graduated, but he did receive an honorary diploma later on in life.
- Mr. Sandburg received three Pulitzer Prizes, two for poetry and one for the second volume of his biography of Abraham Lincoln.
- Carl Sandburg’s boyhood home in Galesburg is now a museum.
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