Carl Sandburg and Lincoln

[Rob Wick]

That's true Bill.

Sandburg had approached Alfred Harcourt in 1922 wanting to write a children's book on Lincoln, and Harcourt gave his approval. After a while, however, Sandburg realized that the book would be much bigger than he anticipated and not a children's book.

In 1928, Harcourt took the first 27 chapters of The Prairie Years, did some editing, and turned that into Abe Lincoln Grows Up, which was, indeed, a children's book.

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Rob