Carl Sandburg was an American poet, historian, novelist, and folklorist. From the age of 11, Sandburg worked in various occupations—as a barbershop porter, a milk truck driver, a brickyard hand, and a harvester in the Kansas wheat fields. When the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, he enlisted. More @Wikipedia
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