Carl Sandburg!
Yesterday I finally held Carl Sandburg in my hands, more than a year after I first agreed to write a long biography of the well-loved poet. Leafing through the 112-pages filled me with wonder at the fact that that the book was finished. Reading the poetry, articles, letters and speeches of Carl Sandburg for this in-depthy biography was one of the most interesting projects I've done. He was so eloquent and funny and such a patriot. And with each chapter I had to write a detailed article about some historic, cultural or scientific phenomenon that was related to the time. For example, after the chapter in which two of Sandburg's brothers died of diphtheria, I wrote a sidebar about the disease. I think the side articles are an interesting way to provide insight and background into the time's of the subject.