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Helga Sandburg
American author and poet. Born in Illinois in 1918. She was the daughter of the famous poet Carl Sandburg and her uncle was the renowned photographer Ed Steichen. Because of her famous relations she was brought up in a somewhat rarefied atmosphere and moved in ever increasingly famous circles, meeting such people as Charlie Chaplin and Lillian Gish. However, despite her exciting childhood, Helga's real childhood love was for animals and nature.
She soon began to follow in her father's footsteps, writing poetry and stories. She also painted and travelled a lot. She wrote a number of children's stories. As to be expected, animals and nature featured a lot in these books. There was a short pony series based a little on her childhood experiences with horses, and a stand-alone donkey story. A couple of these may require the use of hankies as have sad moments!
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