“By the end of the 1960 campaign Golden had made more than 50 speeches supporting a Kennedy presidency. When speaking to Jewish audiences in California, Golden was joined by Carl Sandburg, in Hollywood at the time serving as a consultant on a film. The two men on the stump together were a bit of genius. […]
Posts Tagged ‘carl sandburg’
Golden and Sandburg tout ‘a young fellow from Boston’
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged carl sandburg, carolina israelite, charlotte nc, harry golden, john f. kennedy, Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett on November 30, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
Remembering a Minnesotan’s Miscellany mentions
Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged billy graham, bland simpson, bob dylan, bob dylan and north carolina, carl sandburg, nobel prize in literature, thomas wolfe on October 14, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Excuse our immodesty, but surely Bob Dylan’s appearances over the years in North Carolina Miscellany played a small part in bringing him to the attention of the Swedish Academy: — On his view of Billy Graham as a rock ‘n’ roll model — On his performance in Charlotte during Watergate — On his debt to […]
Sandburg takes final bow, finds Miss America waiting
Posted in On This Day, tagged carl sandburg, flat rock playhouse, maria beale fletcher on September 12, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
On this day in 1962: Carl Sandburg, age 84, makes his final public performance, reading poetry, singing and playing the guitar at Flat Rock Playhouse. To cap off the evening he waltzes in the wings with Maria Beale Fletcher of Asheville, who has just finished her year as Miss America. .
When Bland met Bob… and when Bob met Carl ….
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged bland simpson, bob dylan, carl sandburg, christmas with dylan, creative loafing, no direction home on December 1, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
“Sara Dylan answered the door, gave me a blank look, and closed the door. About two minutes later Bob Dylan himself appeared and stepped out onto the small porched entry. He wore blue jeans, a white shirt buttoned all the way up and a black leather vest, and he was very friendly and relaxed. ” […]
Illini find 30 grand goes long way in Flat Rock
Posted in Just A Bite, Literature, tagged carl sandburg, flat rock nc, lincolniana, u of illinois on December 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
– “The University of Illinois picked up a good bargain for $30,000: Illinois-born Poet Carl Sandberg’s private library, now housed at Sandburg’s North Carolina goat farm. – “Items: reams of Lincolniana (including the manuscripts of three volumes of Sandburg’s works on Lincoln), revised manuscripts of Sandburg’s Complete Poems and his yet unpublished Song Bag, Sandburg’s […]
Link dump: Mind-reading from 150 years away
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged carl sandburg, clyde king, fayetteville nc, harriet jacobs, lost colony, nc civil war soldiers, nc muslims, omar ibn said on November 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
— What was his great-great-great grandfather thinking? — A play about Harriet Jacobs, a film about Carl Sandburg. — Death noted: Clyde King, whose long baseball career began with an overnight transformation from Tar Heel to Brooklyn Dodger. — Roadside marker in Fayetteville is state’s first to recognize a Muslim. — Lost Colony researcher‘s “two […]
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