Carl+Sandburg




 * ~ ** Carl Sandburg ** (1878-1967) ||
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Timeline of Carl Sandburg's Life __ || Carl Sandburg's Biography." Carl Sandburg Chicago Poems. Andyy Barr Productions, Sept. 1998. Web. 2 Mar. 2010.TY "Timeline of Sandburg's Life." University of Michigan. Web. 05 Mar. 2010. http[|://www.umich.edu/~eng217/student_projects/bigshoulders/timeline.html]. ||
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 * = **1878** ||= Sandburg is born in Galesburg, Illinois ||
 * = **1892** ||= Ends his public education in 8th grade so he can begin working. ||
 * = **1896** ||= Makes his first trip to Chicago at the age of 18. ||
 * = **1897** ||= Joins the military for the Spanish - American War. Sees no action. ||
 * = **1899** ||= Invited to West Point. Fails entrance exams and studies at Lombard College instead. ||
 * = **1902** ||= Jailed in PA for not being able to pay his train fare. ||
 * = **1914** ||= <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Wins Levinson Prize ||
 * = <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">**1916** ||= <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Publishes Chicago Poems ||
 * = <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">**1918** ||= <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Becomes spondent during WWI ||
 * = <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">**1928** ||= <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Moves to Michigan ||
 * = <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">**1936** ||= <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Publishes his most popular book, The People, Yes ||
 * = <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">**1939** ||= <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Wins Pulitzer Prize for Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. ||
 * = <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">**1943** ||= <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Moves to North Carolina ||
 * = <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">**1948** ||= <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Publishes his only novel, Remembrance Rock ||
 * = <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">**1953** ||= <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Publishes Always the Young Strangers, the autobiography of his first 20 years. ||
 * = <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">**1963** ||= <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Publishes his last book of poetry, Honey and Salt. ||
 * = <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">**1967** ||= <span style="background-color: #808080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">Sandburg dies at age 89. ||
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