Rootabaga Stories. Carl Sandburg. Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1923. Illustrated by Maud
Rootabaga Stories. Carl Sandburg. Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1923. Illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham. First edition. “The first words they speak as soon as they learn to make words shall be their names,” he said. “They shall name themselves.”When the first boy came to the house of Gimme the Ax, he was named Please Gimme. When the first girl came she was named Ax Me No Questions. -- source link
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