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Carl Sandburg

Created to poor Swedish immigrants in Galesburg, IL, in 1878, Carl August Sandburg would develop up to be the leading poet from the Midwest and a champ from the American folksong. He remaining college at 13 to become day time laborer and later on offered in the Spanish-American Battle. After …

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