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Each set of short stories is grouped together by one title. Rootabaga stories by carl sandburg, signed abebooks. Carl august sandburg january 6, 1878 july 22, 1967 was an american poet, writer, and editor who won three pulitzer prizes. Rootabaga stories by carl sandburg, first edition abebooks passion for books. Author of rootabaga stories slabs of the sunburnt west. Within this text are zany and sometimes silly, however they are wonderful short stories. The whimsical, sometimes melancholy stories, which often use nonsense. Populated by corn fairies, circus performers, and such memorable characters as poker face the baboon, hot dog the tiger, and gimme the ax, rootabaga country is built with the homespun poetry of the american frontier. Before becoming known as a poet, he worked as a milkman, an ice harvester, a dishwasher, a salesman, a fireman, and a journalist.
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