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Today Carl Sandburg was born into a small three room cottage. He was the second of seven children.
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At the age of 13 Carl quit school to work as a day laborer.
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This is when Carl was influenced by the songs and stories of hoboes to start writing literacy .
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At the age of 17 Carl seved in Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American war for 8 months.
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Carl enrolled for school at Lombard College after convinced to go.
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Carl leaves life as a journalist to be a full time poet.
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Carl won his first Pulitzer prize today.
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This is when Carl moved to Flat Rock, North Carolina.
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Carl won his second pulitzer prize this year.
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Carl died today of natural death in Flat Rock, North Carolina.
