Carl Sandburg bibliography
This is a list of works written by the American poet, biographer, and journalist Carl Sandburg.[1]
Poetry
- In Reckless Ecstasy (The Asgard Press, 1904). [2][3][a]
- Incidentals (The Asgard Press, 1904). [b]
- The Plaint of the Rose (The Asgard Press, 1908). [c]
- Chicago Poems (Henry Holt, 1916).
- Cornhuskers (Henry Holt, 1918).
- Smoke and Steel (Harcourt, 1920).
- Slabs of the Sunburnt West (Harcourt, 1922).
- Selected Poems (Harcourt, 1926).
- Good Morning, America (Harcourt, 1928).
- The People, Yes (Harcourt, 1936).[4]
- Bronze Wood (Grabhorn Press, 1941).
- Poems of the Midwest (World Publishing Company, 1946).
- The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg (Harcourt, 1950).[3]
- Harvest Poems (Harcourt, 1960).
- Six New Poems and a Parable (University of Kentucky Press, 1961).
- Honey and Salt (Harcourt, 1963).
- Breathing Tokens (edited by Margaret Sandburg, Harcourt, 1978).
- Fables, Foibles and Foobles (University of Illinois Press, 1989).
- Billy Sunday and Other Poems (Harcourt, 1993).
- Selected Poems of Carl Sandburg (Harcourt, 1996).
Prose
- You and Your Job (Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1908).[d]
- Joseffy (1910).[e]
- Clarence Darrow of Chicago (1919).
- Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years (Harcourt, 1925).[3][5]
- The American Songbag (Harcourt, 1927).[6][7][8]
- Steichen the Photographer (Harcourt, 1929).
- Mary Lincoln: Wife and Widow (Harcourt, 1932).
- Abraham Lincoln: The War Years (Harcourt, 1939).[3][5]
- Storm over the Land (Harcourt, 1942).
- Home Front Memo (Harcourt, 1943).
- Remembrance Rock (Harcourt, 1948).
- Lincoln Collector: The Story of the Oliver R. Barrett Lincoln Collection (Harcourt, 1949).
- Always the Young Strangers (Harcourt, 1953).[9]
- A Lincoln Preface (Harcourt, 1953).
- Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years (Harcourt, 1954).[5]
- The Sandburg Range (Harcourt, 1957).
- The Letters of Carl Sandburg (Harcourt, 1968).
- The Chicago Race Riots of 1919 (Harcourt, 1969).
- Prairie-Town Boy (Harcourt, 1977)
- Ever the Winds of Chance (University of Illinois Press, 1983).[10]
- Carl Sandburg at the Movies (Scarecrow Press, 1985).
- The Poet and the Dream Girl: The Love Letters of Lilian Steichen & Carl Sandburg (University of Illinois Press, 1987).
- The Movies Are: Carl Sandburg's Film Reviews and Essays (Lake Claremont Press, 2000).
- The Sandburg Range (Harvest Books, 2001).
- Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years (2007)
Children's books
- Rootabaga Stories (Harcourt, 1922).[3]
- Rootabaga Pigeons (Harcourt, 1923).
- Abe Lincoln Grows Up (Harcourt, 1928).[3]
- Early Moon (Junior Literary Guild, 1930).
- Potato Face (Harcourt, 1930).
- Prairie-Town Boy (Harcourt, 1955).
- Wind Song (Harcourt, 1960).
- The Wedding Procession of the Rag doll and the Broom Handle and Who Was in It (Harcourt, 1967).
- The Sandburg Treasury (Harcourt, 1970).
- Rainbows Are Made (Harcourt, 1982).
- More Rootabagas (Alfred A. Knopf, 1993).
Notes
References
- ^ "Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site - Works by Carl Sandburg". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
- ^ Sandburg, Carl; Collamore, Bacon (1904). In reckless ecstasy. Harvard University. Galesburg, Ill., Asgard Press.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sandburg Family Timeline - Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
- ^ "Carl Sandburg: The People Yes (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
- ^ a b c "Carl Sandburg, the Biographer of Lincoln (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
- ^ Sandburg, Carl (1927). The American Songbag. Osmania University, Digital Library Of India. Harcout Brace And Company.
- ^ "Sandburg and Music - Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
- ^ Altman, Ross (2017-08-29). "CARL SANDBURG:AMERICA'S FIRST FOLK SINGER?". FolkWorks. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
- ^ Sandburg, Carl (1952). Always the Young Strangers. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
- ^ Sandburg, Carl (1983). Ever the Winds of Chance. Urbana, Il: University of Illinois Press.