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RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 09-15-2012 08:22 AM
Gene is correct that it was George Bancroft, but before I can give you the prize, you need to answer the other parts of the question.
When did he give the speech and what was his topic?
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Gene C - 09-15-2012 09:06 AM
Could it be an address about the life and charachter of Abraham Lincoln given before Congress n 1866
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 09-15-2012 09:08 AM
We have a winner! That is correct.
You win the right to be the third private citizen to address a joint session of Congress. Just call the clerks of both the House and the Senate and they will handle the details.
Good job, Gene.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - RJNorton - 09-15-2012 09:13 AM
Wow. Make it good, Gene!
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Gene C - 09-15-2012 09:17 AM
Since they passed the smoking ban, do they still have joint sessions in congress?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - LincolnMan - 09-15-2012 09:21 AM
Nice one Gene!
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 09-15-2012 09:24 AM
Quote:Since they passed the smoking ban, do they still have joint sessions in congress?
That's like asking about sado-masochism in the legislature with all the whips there.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - LincolnMan - 09-15-2012 04:56 PM
You guys are bad!
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 09-27-2012 04:07 PM
How many Pulitzer Prizes did Sandburg win?
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Gene C - 09-27-2012 04:14 PM
Lets try "2"
Make that "3", my final answer 3......
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 09-27-2012 04:20 PM
Before I can award the prize, you have to give me the titles and the year.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Gene C - 09-27-2012 04:33 PM
What! .... One was for his biography about Abraham Lincoln - the War Years, I think the war was in 1861-1865, and the other two were for poetry....Carl Sandburgs Greatest Hits, no that's not it...ugh..The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg in 1950 and something about corn..the Corn Shuckers or Corn Huskers in 19--, all I know it was before he did the Rootabaga Stories (hey, I kept falling asleep during the show)...Wikipedia says 1918
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 09-27-2012 04:48 PM
OK, Gene, close enough.
Sandburg won a prize which was actually sponsored by the Poetry Society of America in 1919. It was for Corn Huskers. The Poetry Society was instrumental in establishing the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, so some authors count it while others don't.
The second came for Abraham Lincoln: The War Years in 1940. What made this interesting is that the Pulitzers were never awarded in biography for books about Lincoln or Washington, so he received it in history.
The third came for The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg in 1951.
You win the Norton Prize for Trivial Excellence. See Roger.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - RJNorton - 09-27-2012 05:27 PM
Gene, I am sending you a $25 gift certificate good at any Steak and Ale Restaurant.
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 09-27-2012 06:47 PM
OK, since that one didn't last very long, I'll have to try and make this one more difficult.
What group made Sandburg a member to great controversy?
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Rob