Rootabaga Stories, Part One is irrepressible, zany Americana-an anthology to delight admirers of Sandburg's genius.
A two-volume collection of fanciful, humorous tales introducing such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, Henry Hagglyhoagly, the Blue Wind Boy, Googler and Gaggler, and others.
" That's how things go in Rootabaga, Axe me no questions, for Please Gimme don't knows-- here the windows are either open or shut, either upstairs or downstairs, just keep your eyes open and keep breathing, believing, and reading.They ...
A two-volume collection of fanciful, humorous tales introducing such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, Henry Hagglyhoagly, the Blue Wind Boy, Googler and Gaggler, and others.
The Rootabaga Stories were born of Sandburg's desire for "American fairy tales" to match American childhood.
The Rootabaga Stories were born of Sandburg's desire for "American fairy tales" to match American childhood.
Originally published: San Diego: Harcourt Brace, c1922.
Presents Sandburg's fanciful, humorous tales peopled with such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, the Blue Wind Boy, and many others.
For use in schools and libraries only. This reissue of an American classic presents the fanciful happenings of Rootabaga Country with the original illustrations by Maud and Miska Petersham.