Prairie-Town Boy

Always the Young Strangers, the author's recollections of his childhood and youth in Galesburg, Illinois, is presented in a shortened version for younger readers.


Author: Carl Sandburg
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 08/24/1990
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.04w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9780152633325

About the Author
Sandburg, Carl: -

CARL SANDBURG (1878-1967) was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize, first in 1940 for his biography of Abraham Lincoln and again in 1951 for Complete Poems. Before becoming known as a poet, he worked as a milkman, an ice harvester, a dishwasher, a salesman, a fireman, and a journalist. Among his classics are the Rootabaga Stories, which he wrote for his young daughters at the beginning of his long and distinguished literary career.