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Born in Galesburg, Illinois
He was always the son of Swedish immigrant of August and Clara Sandburg. He was the second of two sons, first of the hard working. -
Quit School
He quit school following his 8th grade graduation. Then worked variety of jobs such as railroad jobs, delivered milk, harvested ice, shined shoes. Until he traveled as a hobo. -
Spanish/ American War
He volunteered to serve in the war.He battled the heat and mosquito's. Until he broke out. -
West Point
He attended West Point for 2 weeks before failing his math and reading entrances exams. -
Chicago Move
He moved to Chicago and became an editor writer for a newspaper called Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. -
Moved home
He moved back home to Galesburg and went to Lombard college, he left without a degree. He started writing poetry. -
Marriage
He met his wife Lillian Steichan on the Social Democratic Party -
First Daughter
Their first daughter Margaret is born and is a child prodigy. -
First Publish
He got his first poem published in the newspaper he was editing. Poetry: Magazine of Verse. -
Second Daughter
Their second daughter Janet is born. The first months of her birth he wrote letters to her -
Hired
He got hired to for the Newspaper Enterprise Association to write his poems. -
Third Daughter
Their third daughter Helga was born. -
Pulitzer Prize
He won three Pulitzer Prizes. -
Home National Historic Stie
His home cottage is now a national home historic site. -
Last Move
They moved to Connemara in Flat Rock, North Carolina.He continued to produce poetry a little over third of he's total published work. He lived with his wife, three daughters, and two grandchildren. -
Death
He died form natural causes at age 89. His ashes were put under the "Remembrance Rock" a granite boulder behind his birth house in Galesburg.
