A Sandburg Stumper

[Rob Wick]

You got it, Gene. The Sandburg's were speaking with three of the actors from the movie, which for some strange reason filmmaker George Stevens hired Sandburg as a consultant. While he didn't do much of note he did receive a credit in the film. One of the actors he is speaking to is Ed Wynn.

I found this picture on the University of Illinois digital website. They have thousands of pictures from several years of Sandburg's life.

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Rob

[Rob Wick]

Let's start the year off with a Sandburg Stumper. No Googling, please.

In his Connemara study, Carl Sandburg had something that had a distant connection to Abraham Lincoln. What was it?

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[Joe Di Cola]

(01-01-2023 02:37 PM)Rob Wick Wrote:  Let's start the year off with a Sandburg Stumper. No Googling, please.

In his Connemara study, Carl Sandburg had something that had a distant connection to Abraham Lincoln. What was it?

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Rob

I have visited Connemara Farms in Flat Rock, NC and noticed that Sandburg had a bust of Lincoln by the well-known artist Leo Cherne and, since I have a copy of that bust on one of the shelves housing my Lincoln books, I was delighted to be in such select company. If I knew how to add a photo, I would attach one of the bust I own.

[RJNorton]

Joe, I will be happy to post it if you send a photo to me via e-mail.

[Rob Wick]

A statue makes perfect sense Joe, but that's not what I'm looking for. It would have existed during Lincoln's time.

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[RJNorton]

Wild guess: Sandburg realized Connemara was on a hill. Abraham and Mary Lincoln were married in the Edwards' home which was located in a section of Springfield known as Aristocracy Hill.

[Anita]

I took the tour of Cannemara. What a fascinating NP site. As I recall, the item you may be referring to wasn't owned by Lincoln or any specific person with a Lincoln connection. I can't remember if it was a chair, a desk or a work table made out of wood that came from the Lincoln White House.

[Rob Wick]

Anita, your memory seeved you well. It was a table made out of wood from the White House during the time of the Lincoln administration. It was presented to Sandburg after he won the Pulitzer prize for "The War Years." Great job!

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[Anita]

(01-03-2023 10:29 AM)Rob Wick Wrote:  Anita, your memory seeved you well. It was a table made out of wood from the White House during the time of the Lincoln administration. It was presented to Sandburg after he won the Pulitzer prize for "The War Years." Great job!

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Do you know where in the White House the wood was located? I can't find any info on it.

[Rob Wick]

Quote:Do you know where in the White House the wood was located? I can't find any info on it.

I don't. I got the question from the latest issue of Inklings and Idlings, the newsletter of the Sandburg birthplace, and the only thing it said was that the wood came from a renovation and was fashioned into a table which was then presented to Sandburg.

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[Rob Wick]

No Googling, please.

Who said the following about Sandburg:

"[H]is visit rested, refreshed and rejuvenated me. We sat in the shade of the great old elms and poured out our souls to each other. I had not seen him for fourteen years. Since then he has scaled the peaks and written his name upon the stars. Carl Sandburg is one of the very few really great poets of our day, and the future will know him to the remotest generation."

As an initial clue, some writers were surprised as this person's warm words for Sandburg.

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[RJNorton]

Robert Frost?

[Rob Wick]

Very logical Roger, but it isn't Frost.

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[AussieMick]

WH Auden ?

[Rob Wick]

Sorry Mike, but it isn't Auden.

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