Slabs of the Sunburnt West

by Carl Sandburg

Single author

32 chapters1h 29mEnglish1922

About this book

Thirty-two poems about life in the American Midwest, focusing on the city of Chicago, Illinois. Summary by Matt Pierard

Chapters (32)

1The Windy City

1102

2Washington Monument by Night

118

3And So To-day

720

4Black Horizons

5Sea Slant

6Upstream

7Four Steichen Prints

117

8Fins

9Beat, Old Heart

10Moon Riders

239

11At the Gates of Tombs

116

12Hazardous Occupations

13Props

14Gypsy Mother

112

15Gold Mud

16Crossing the Paces

17Couples

18Caligari

19Feather Lights

20Pearl Horizons

21Hoof Dusk

22Harsk, Harsk

128

23Brancusi

147

24Ambassadors of Grief

25Without the Cane and the Derby

266

26The Rakeoff and the Getaway

122

27Two Humpties

28Improved Farm Land

29Hell on the Wabash

30This -- For the Moon -- Yes?

31Primer Lesson

32Slabs of the Sunburnt West

902

Slabs of the Sunburnt West

About this book

Chapters (32)

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