[ Autograph ] Carl Sandburg 1878-1967 American writer considered thepoet of the common man, Sandburg also authored comprehensive biographies of Lincoln. Original typed manuscript, signed in full, 1p 4to., untitled. Written during World War 11, the six-verse poem is dark and foreboding. In part: ..And what are you going to say when your big moment comes You founder of a thousand years for the herrenvolk / You and your hell-bent New Order / Getting hammered to hell-and-gone in round-the-clock blazes / Getting shattered in shambles of reek and tire... 'With manuscript corrections, and on verso he pens: "3d and next to final draft as duly executed in the toploft shanty of C.D. Batchelor... 1943 Carl Sandburg' some very light staining and an edge chip, still quite good.