Quote by: Carl Sandburg

So time passed on. And the two skyscrapers decided to have a child. And they decided when their child came it should be a *free* child. "It must be a free child," they said to each other. "It must not be a child standing still all its life on a street corner. Yes, if we have a child she mist be free to run across the prairie, to the mountains, to the sea. Yes, it must be a free child." So time passed on. Their child came. It was a railroad train, the Golden Spike Limited, the fastest long distance train in the Rootabaga Country. It ran across the prairie, to the mountains, to the sea.


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Author Bio


  • NameCarl Sandburg
  • DescriptionAmerican writer and editor
  • BornJanuary 6, 1878
  • DiedJuly 22, 1967
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Musicologist; Historian; Novelist; Writer
  • AwardsPulitzer Prize For History; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Pulitzer Prize For Poetry