... to live because of immigrants coming to America for a better way of life and also the Great Depression. Sandburg's parents came from Sweden to Galesburg, Illinois in 1871 and gave birth to their second child on January 6, 1878, Carl August (Crowder 21). Sandburg grew up speaking Swedish and ... English. Eager to be brought into American Society, he "Americanized" his name. Sandburg began to call himself Charles instead of Carl because he felt Carl would mean "one more Swede boy," while Charles filled the ... character sketches, all tied together with a free-verse mixture of humor, comme...

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