Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) is best known for his poetry (Chicago
Poems, Smoke and Steel, and Good Morning, America), his books for
children, including Rootabaga Country and Potato Face, and his
six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln. The Pulitzer Prize-winning
Illinois author devoted his life to writing, lecturing, reading
from his own works, and collecting and singing folk songs. Â
Sandburg often incorporated proverbs, riddles, aphorisms, and
vernacular wisdom in lectures, poetry, children’s stories, and in
his novel Remembrance Rock. Believing that silliness and fun helped
preserve sanity and balance, he put together a collection of
fanciful anecdotes - alive with alliteration - for his own
amusement. Now, more than twenty years after his death, the
publication of Fables, Foibles, and Foobles truly reveals, for
perhaps the first time, the playful spirit of this great American
poet. Â George Hendrick has compiled the best of these
never-before-published nonsensical pieces, which include Flies,
Fleas, Flinyons, Flicks, Flooches, Flacks, Flatches, and assorted
F-friends deep in dialogue about books and reading; the fascinating
worlds of the curious hoomadooms, hongdorshes, and onkadonks;
fables to rival Thurber; jokes about every conceivable type of nut;
and cameo appearances by Hank the Honk and Flitty the Wid, among
others. Robert Harvey’s whimsical drawings, scattered throughout
the book, illuminate this charming cast of characters. Â
General
| Imprint: |
University of Illinois Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 1988 |
| First published: |
May 1988 |
| Authors: |
Carl Sandburg
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| Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
136 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-252-06018-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-252-06018-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780252060182 |
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