These volumes complete the biography of Lincoln which the author began in "The prairie years." It covers the years from 1861 until Lincoln's death. Contains many illustrations including cuts of cartoons, letters and documents.

A book of free verse expressing the voice of the people.

Carl Sandburg recalls his childhood in Galesburg, Illinois.

"Words and music to 280 songs, ballads, and ditties from every region of America and from every walk of life throughout our history"--Cover.

Three epic periods of American history are portrayed: those of the Pilgrim Fathers, the American Revolution, and the Civil War.

"For thirty years and more I planned to make a certain portrait of Abraham Lincoln. It would sketch the country lawyer and prairie politician who was intimate with the settlers of the Knox County neighborhood where I grew up as a boy, and where I heard the talk of men and women who had eaten with Lincoln, given him a bed overnight, heard his jokes and lingo, remembered his silences and his mobile face."--Preface.

"The original edition, published in 1950, won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. This new, revised and expanded, edition contains, in addition to the introduction, an index of titles, an index of first lines, and 113 poems not included in the earlier volume."--Jacket.

Forty years of poetry from 1910 to1950 are collected in this volume. An introduction by Sandburg discusses his long career as a writer and reaffirms his efficacy of poetry.