In 1914, a man named Carl Sandburg, born in 1878, wrote the poem entitled "Chicago". When it was written, this became one of the most important poems of the first half of the century. Even though the author was not originally from the city of Chicago, but from Galesburg, Illinois, he managed live there long enough to obtain a great sense of pride and honor from being there and to write the poem with its title. He …showed first 75 words of 723 total…

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