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Cornhuskers by Carl Sandburg is a collection of classic rural American poetry. "I was born on the prairie and the milk of its wheat, the red of its clover, the eyes of its women, gave me a song and a slogan.Here the water went down, the icebergs slid with gravel, the gaps and... Read Full Overview

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Winner of the 1919 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, Cornhuskers is an homage to America and the American midwest from one of the nation's most acclaimed writers, Carl Sandburg. One hundred years after the book's first publication, this 104-poem collection breathes life into our national... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Book Excerpt: ...wind in September, acres of birds spotting the air going south?Is there something finished? And some new beginning on the way?ILLINOIS FARMERBURY this old Illinois farmer with respect.He slept the Illinois nights of his life after days of work in Illinois cornfields... Read Full Overview

Cornhuskers is a collection of poems by American poet and author Carl Sandburg. Originally published in 1918, the collection is named after the nickname for people from Sandburg's home state of Nebraska. The poems in Cornhuskers explore themes of rural life, the beauty of the... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview