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RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Dennis Urban - 02-21-2020 05:52 AM
Lady Justice holding the scales?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - RJNorton - 02-21-2020 08:03 AM
The concept of Manifest Destiny?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 02-21-2020 10:46 AM
Sorry gentlemen, but all are incorrect.
This is something in Sandburg's possession.
Best
Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - AussieMick - 02-21-2020 06:00 PM
Rob, you mentioned 'shadow ' earlier. Was that a clue?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Steve - 02-21-2020 06:26 PM
The Pulitzer Prize?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 02-21-2020 08:13 PM
Steve got it. It was the Pulitzer Prize that Sandburg won for Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. I was going through my files looking for the letter, and I have yet to find it. My first thought was that the correspondent was Stanley Kimmel, but the letter I have from him, while mentioning the Prize, doesn't have the quote. Sadly, my memory ain't what she used to be, honest or otherwise.
Mike, my reference to shadow was my attempt to confuse people by letting everyone think it could be a person or a thing.
My next clue was going to be while most people only had one, Sandburg had three. The first was in 1919 for Cornhuskers while the second was The War Years. The third was The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg.
By the way Roger, how many posts do I have to make before I'm considered a Hero member?
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - RJNorton - 02-22-2020 04:53 AM
Here are the user titles that are part of the forum's MyBB software:
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Gene C - 02-22-2020 08:05 AM
Which reminds me of a song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HcE15qFTAk
Heroes - by Paul Overstreet
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 05-16-2020 11:01 AM
Still not much going on (writing seems like such a distant dream), so here's another question.
In 1964, a visitor appeared at Carl Sandburg's North Carolina home. While initially polite, Sandburg soon grew tired of talking to this person, saying he had to get back to work. The visitor left, rather disappointed that meeting his idol wasn't as successful as he hoped.
Who was the visitor?
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - RJNorton - 05-16-2020 11:17 AM
I have absolutely no clue - wild guess: Hubert Humphrey.
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 05-16-2020 11:23 AM
Good try, Roger, but it wasn't Humphrey.
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Rob
First clue. At the time of the visit, the visitor was 23.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Steve - 05-16-2020 12:48 PM
Bob Dylan?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 05-16-2020 01:49 PM
Man, I'm making these too easy. It was Bob Dylan. I found the story in the newsletter of the Sandburg State Historic Site in Galesburg, but it came from Rolling Stone. Here is a link to the article. Good job, Steve!
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Rob
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-an-intimate-biography-part-two-237760/
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 04-11-2021 01:59 PM
No Googling, please.
What work of Sandburg's was the reviewer talking about when he wrote "[it] is written if not in the tune, yet to the time of 'what ought to be done next'."
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Steve - 04-11-2021 06:52 PM
The People, Yes?