Storm Over the Land: A Profile of the Civil War - Hardcover

Carl Sandburg

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Synopsis

Legendary American poet Carl Sandburg adapted his acclaimed four-volume biography into a one-volume account of the Civil War. Our nation had its unity hammered out in storm. Sandburg's story of those years takes in campaigns and generals, common soldiers in their daily struggles, politics behind battle lines and the unbreakable faith in high and low places. It is a tragic and inspiring narrative, told by one of the great figures of American literature.

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About the Author

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.

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9780156011297: Storm Over The Land: A Profile of the Civil War – An Illustrated Historical Anthology with Lincoln-Era Photographs and Maps

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ISBN 10:  0156011298 ISBN 13:  9780156011297
Publisher: Ecco, 2000
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