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American Masters Episode 26.06 The Day Carl Sandburg Died
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American Masters Episode 26.06 The Day Carl Sandburg Died

Episode Premiere
September 24, 2012
Genre
Documentary
Production Company
Eagle Rock Entertainment
Official Site
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/
Episode Premiere
September 24, 2012
Genre
Documentary
Period
1986 -
Production Co
Eagle Rock Entertainment
Distributor
PBS
Official Site
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/
Director
Paul Bonesteel
Screenwriter
Paul Bonesteel
Additional Cast
  • Matthew Allis

For much of the 20th century, Sandburg was synonymous with the American experience, a spokesman on behalf of the people. One of the most successful writers in the English language, Sandburg was a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner for his poetry as well as part of his six-volume Lincoln biography. Yet, after his death, Sandburg’s literary legacy faded and his poems, once taught in schools across America, were dismissed under the weight of massive critical attack.