In the bonus episode of Narrated Archives we’re stepping further into a world that feels like a fantasy in Rootabaga Country.

In 1922, the legendary American poet Carl Sandburg decided that American children didn’t need any more stories about European knights or kings. He wanted a folklore that belonged to the prairies, the skyscrapers, and the railroads. The result was Rootabaga Stories—a collection so lyrical and nonsensical it feels like jazz put to paper.

Here is The Skyscraper to the Moon and How the Green Rat with the Rheumatism Ran a Thousand Miles Twice

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Shush Shush, the Big Buff Banty Hen Who Laid an Egg in the Postmaster’s Hat

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