Happy birthday Carl Sandburg!
Sandburg would have been 135 years old today. I spent a good bit of yesterday looking through the Boston Globe for Sandburg material and came away with a ton of articles. Right now I'm in the process of outlining the sample chapter for my Tarbell proposal, but I doubt I'll have it ready by the end of the month.
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Rob
Rob, have you read Portrait for Posterity: Lincoln and His Biographers, by Benjamin Thomas?
I read his biography of Lincoln recently and I'm in the middle of his and Hyman's work on Stanton. I'm very impressed by his writing and research
I have Gene. It's an interesting book. Thomas allowed Sandburg to read it before it was published, but Sandburg told Thomas he had no problems with its contents.
Thomas did his doctoral dissertation on "Russo-American Relations, 1815–1867." Oh well, diplomatic history's loss is Lincoln studies gain.
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Rob
Time to brush off some minutiae about everyone's favorite poet/Lincoln biographer.
Who did Sandburg appoint as his official bibliographer (notice BIBLIOGRAPHER, not BIOGRAPHER)?
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Rob
(05-18-2013 09:27 AM)Rob Wick Wrote: [ -> ]Time to brush off some minutiae about everyone's favorite poet/Lincoln biographer.
Who did Sandburg appoint as his official bibliographer (notice BIBLIOGRAPHER, not BIOGRAPHER)?
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Rob
Rob,
The LOC has a bibliography done by Mark Van Doren--so that is my answer. Glad to see your trivia entry; you must be doing better. Keep up the good rehab and recovery.
Joe
First, thanks for the kind words Joe. I am doing better and since rehab started, I have something to look forward to (although I'm more than ready to go back to work). I'm also working on Tarbell again, which is a major relief for me.
Van Doren is a good guess, but it isn't the correct answer.
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Rob
That's it Bill. Ralph G. Newman was appointed by Sandburg and at one point had the largest collection of Sandburgania in the world. His collection makes up part of the Harry G. Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin.
Way to go, Bill! You win one free tax preparation by Newman's accountant.
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Rob
Posting my pictures from Galesburg has put me in the mood for a Sandburg Stumper.
To whom was Sandburg referring when he said "he keeps his hates?"
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Rob
Woodrow Wilson
If Sandburg was not referring to Wilson, it certainly was true of Wilson
Tom
Interesting guess Tom, but it wasn't Wilson.
Hint #1
This was a person Sandburg knew.
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Rob
Second hint
Sandburg said this to James G. Randall.
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Rob
Was it an author - Benjamin P. Thomas?