[ noun ] United States writer remembered for his poetry in free verse and his six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (1878-1967) <noun.person>
After Sandburg's oldest daughter, Margaret, introduced Hendrick to the material in 1982, he proposed to put them into a book.
The danger is that it can become a cult of the people, like Carl Sandburg's effusive "The People, Yes."
Poet Carl Sandburg sometimes read his work there, and Dana once held a reception for conductor John Philip Sousa.
Other works included the score for "The Red Pony," the 1949 movie based on the novel by John Steinbeck, and "Lincoln Portrait," music performed with narration inspired by the writings of Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg.