The Poet and the Sailor
Subtitle: The Story of My Friendship with Carl Sandburg
Contributors: Richard Dodson (Editor)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: June 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780252031274
Subjects: Biography: general; Poetry & poets: from c 1900 -; Literary Collections; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literature: Classics; USA; Letters; Literary; Literary Collections / Letters; 1878-1967; 20th century; Correspondence; Friends and associates; Poets, American; Sailors; Sandburg, Carl,; United States
Description: Counter Two friends, a lifetime of letters, and an intimate look at a literary icon Carl Sandburg first encountered Kenneth Dodson through a letter written at sea during World War II. Though Dodson wrote the letter to his wife, Letha, Sandburg read it in tears and told her, "I've got to meet this man." Composed primarily of their correspondence that continued until Sandburg's death in 1967, The Poet and the Sailor is a chronicle of the deep friendship that followed. Ranging over anything they found important, from writing to health and humor, the letters are arranged by Richard Dodson and are accompanied by a foreword from Sandburg's noted biographer, Penelope Niven.