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Fourth Floor Frieze

The names of 35 distinguished Illinois authors are etched into the 4th floor frieze of the Illinois State Library Building.

  • Portait of Vachel Lindsay
    Vachel Lindsay
    Selected poems of Vachel Lindsay; Daniel jazz and other poems; General William Booth Enters into Heaven...
  • Portait of Donald Culross Peattie
    Donald Culross Peattie
    A natural history of North American trees; A book of hours; Diversions of the field...
  • Portait of Studs Terkel
    Studs Terkel
    American dreams, lost and found; Chicago; Giants of jazz...
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Carl Sandburg on the State of Illinois' Illinois Poet Laureate Website : http://poetlaureate.il.gov/sandburg.cfm
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sandburg
Carl Sandburg on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=carl+sandburg

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