What is your opinion on Carl Sandburg?

[GustD45]

Rob,

Firstly thank you for those book suggestions and at the first opportunity I'll go searching for them. Reading Sandburg lit the candle, but reading through historical research really helped to spread the flame. Anyone studying history needs to realize that the material is only as good as the person writing it. Using good research techniques and siting [sic] good reliable sources will lend credibility to a work. Davg2000 has hit on this exactly with Pope's words.