A long poem that makes brilliant use of the legends and myths, the tall tales and sayings of America. who can hand back to the People a creation that has scraps of their own insight, humor, and imagination" (Padraic Colum).. "If America has a folksinger today he is Carl Sandburg, a singer who comes out of the prairie soil...
A long poem that makes brilliant use of the legends and myths, the tall tales and sayings of America