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Chicago Poems

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  • Languages:English (Original Language), English (Published)
  • Media:Paperback
  • Pages:208
  • Shipping Weight (lbs):0.7
  • Dimensions (in):8 x 5.8 x 0.5
  • Publication Date:April 27, 2009
  • ASIN:B002K2R7GG
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The Chicago Poems, and its follow-up volumes of verse, Cornhuskers (1918) and Smoke and Steel (1920) represent Sandburg's attempts to found an American version of social realism, writing expansive verse in praise of American agriculture and industry. All of these tendencies are manifest in "Chicago" itself. Then, as now, the city of Chicago was a hub of commodities trading, and a key financial center for agricultural markets. The city was also a center of the meat-packing industry, and an important railroad hub; these industries are also mentioned in the poem.

Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for his poetry and another for a biography of Abraham Lincoln. H. L. Mencken called Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat." - Wikipedia
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