| Prairie-Town Boy Contributor(s): Sandburg, Carl (Author), Krush, Joe (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0152633324 ISBN-13: 9780152633325 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1990 Annotation: "Always the Young Strangers, "the author's recollections of his childhood and youth in Galesburg, Illinois, is presented in a shortened version for younger readers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Literary - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 90036275 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.04" W x 8.02" (0.57 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Midwest - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Always the Young Strangers, the author's recollections of his childhood and youth in Galesburg, Illinois, is presented in a shortened version for younger readers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sandburg, Carl: - CARL SANDBURG (1878-1967) was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize, first in 1940 for his biography of Abraham Lincoln and again in 1951 for Complete Poems. Before becoming known as a poet, he worked as a milkman, an ice harvester, a dishwasher, a salesman, a fireman, and a journalist. Among his classics are the Rootabaga Stories, which he wrote for his young daughters at the beginning of his long and distinguished literary career. |