Sandburg in the Civil War Monitor

[Dennis Urban]

Just a heads up that Mark Grimsley has written an interesting, and generally favorable, article on Carl Sandburg's contribution to Lincoln biography in the latest Civil War Monitor magazine. That Grimsley views Sandburg favorably goes against the grain of most academics, who find very little to like in either his poetry or biography. Just one more reason to pick up the Monitor!

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Rob

I read the article and agree; then picked up "The War Years" and read it through. First time I had read Sandburg. He has an interesting conversational style and weaves a nice story. I wish some of his obscure facts and verbatim speeches by some of the characters were footnoted. That would have helped me a lot. I like to know sources.