At the age of thirteen, he left school and began driving a milk wagon. From the age of about fourteen until he was seventeen or eighteen, he worked as a porter at the Union Hotel barbershop in Galesburg.Prairie-Town Boy, by Carl Sandburg, 1955. "timforsythe.com" After that, he was on the milk route again for 18 months. He then became a bricklayer and a farm laborer on the wheat plains of Kansas.Selected Poems of Carl Sandburg, edited by Rebecca West, 1954 After an interval spent at Lombard College in Galesburg,Carl Sandburg College. "History" he became a hotel servant in Denver, then a coal-heaver in Omaha. He began his writing career as a journalist for the Chicago Daily News. Later, he wrote poetry, history, biographies, novels, children's literature, and film reviews. Sandburg also collected and edited books of ballads and folklore. He spent most of his life in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan before moving to North Carolina.
At the age of thirteen he left school and began driving a milk wagon From the age of about fourteen until he was seventeen or eighteen he worked as a porter at the Union Hotel barbershop in GalesburgPrairie-Town Boy by Carl Sandburg 1955 "timforsythecom" After that he was on the milk route again for 18 months He then became a bricklayer and a farm laborer on the wheat plains of KansasSelected Poems of Carl Sandburg edited by Rebecca West 1954 After an interval spent at Lombard College in GalesburgCarl Sandburg College "History" he became a hotel servant in Denver then a coal-heaver in Omaha He began his writing career as a journalist for the Chicago Daily News Later he wrote poetry history biographies novels children's literature and film reviews Sandburg also collected and edited books of ballads and folklore He spent most of his life in Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan before moving to North Carolina