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Originally published in 1923, the second volume of Carl Sandburg's beloved Rootabaga Stories includes tales about "Big People Now" and "Little People Long Ago." The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet wrote these American fairy tales for his children while they were growing up in the American Midwest. This paperback edition matches the first volume in size and format and contains the color and b&w, illustrations of Maud and Miska Petersham.

Offering cultural insights on the pre-World War One era, this book acts as a kind of moral and philosophical tonic, making one believe in the possibilities for art, love, and social reform.

Seventy-three poems from Sandburg 's early years in Chicago, almost all of them never before in print. They show him as a critic of fast-changing conditions in urban America, a walker in the city, a sensitive poet born to immigrant parents. These poems are a reminder of why we revere Sandburg as an authentic American voice. Edited with an Introduction by George and Willene Hendrick, Sandburg 's most accomplished interpreters. "An absolutely ex...

A long poem that makes brilliant use of the legends and myths, the tall tales and sayings of America. "If America has a folksinger today he is Carl Sandburg, a singer who comes out of the prairie soil... who can hand back to the people a creation that has scraps of their own insight, humor, and imagination" (Padraic Colum).

A redesigned issue of the beautifully told story of young Abe Lincoln, drawn from the early chapters of Carl Sandburg's original biography, " Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years.

An illustrated volume of all of Carl Sandburg's books for young readers: "Rootababa Stories, Early Moon, Wind Song, Prarie-Town Boy, "and "Abe Lincoln Grows Up." Introduction by Paula Sandburg.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Sandburg's birth, these beautiful new editions of his classic tales of Rootabaga County are available, containing the original illustrations by the Petershams and gorgeous new jackets by acclaimed illustrator Kurt Cyrus.

Originally published in 1922, the Rootabaga Stories was written by one of America's most beloved folk chroniclers, Carl Sandburg. He wrote these stories for "people from 5 to 105." "I knew that American children would respond, so I wrote some nonsense tales with American foolin' in them, " Sandburg later explained after the tremendous success of the stories. This reproduction of the first edition includes the illustrations of Maud and Miska Pe...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

This is a book of rare distinction. Curiously, this classic biography of America's most tragic First Lady by one of America's most distinguished biographers and poets has long been out-of-print. Both the author and the subject deserve greater historical attention, and what emerges from the book is a haunting portrait of an enigmatic life, written with a style and sensitivity that is both sympathetic and unflinching.

The most comprehensive and readable one-volume collection of Lincoln's writings ever published. -David Herbert Donald.

A new edition, newly illustrated with bright, colorful double-page artwork, of the enduring poems of Carl Sandburg (1878-1967). The book captures a pastoral day of observing nature and participating in Sandburg's poems.