Slabs of the Sunburnt West
Carl Sandburg
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Thirty-two poems about life in the American Midwest, focusing on the city of Chicago, Illinois. Summary by Matt Pierard (1 hr 29 min)
Chapters
| The Windy City | 18:22 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Washington Monument by Night | 1:58 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| And So To-day | 12:00 | Read by Nemo |
| Black Horizons | 1:17 | Read by Nemo |
| Sea Slant | 0:56 | Read by Nemo |
| Upstream | 0:55 | Read by Nemo |
| Four Steichen Prints | 1:57 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Fins | 1:11 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Beat, Old Heart | 0:52 | Read by Nemo |
| Moon Riders | 3:59 | Read by Nemo |
| At the Gates of Tombs | 1:56 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Hazardous Occupations | 1:18 | Read by Nemo |
| Props | 1:14 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Gypsy Mother | 1:52 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Gold Mud | 1:04 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Crossing the Paces | 1:14 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Couples | 1:00 | Read by Nemo |
| Caligari | 0:38 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Feather Lights | 0:47 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Pearl Horizons | 1:15 | Read by Nemo |
| Hoof Dusk | 1:23 | Read by Nemo |
| Harsk, Harsk | 2:08 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Brancusi | 2:27 | Read by VfkaBT |
| Ambassadors of Grief | 1:14 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Without the Cane and the Derby | 4:26 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| The Rakeoff and the Getaway | 2:02 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Two Humpties | 0:52 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Improved Farm Land | 1:25 | Read by Nemo |
| Hell on the Wabash | 0:52 | Read by Nemo |
| This -- For the Moon -- Yes? | 0:50 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Primer Lesson | 0:37 | Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) |
| Slabs of the Sunburnt West | 15:02 | Read by Nemo |