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Julius Temple House
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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John G. Neihardt
Internationally known for Black Elk Speaks and A Cycle of the West , John G Neihardt (1881-1973) wrote in almost all major genres. This work includes nearly forty selections representing…
Timothy G. Anderson
Biography of John G. Neihardt, past poet laureate of Nebraska, and author of the million-copy-selling Black Elk Speaks.
Author of more than thirty books, John G Neihardt (1881-1973) was born in Illinois, taught for many years at the University of Missouri, and was named by act of legislature…
The Shelf2Life Literature and Fiction Collection is a unique set of short stories, poems and novels from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. From tales of love, life and…
How important were Sioux authors such as Charles Eastman in the opinion of the writer responsible for Black Elk Speaks? What will be the legacy of modern poetry according to…
Cengage Learning Gale
A study guide for John G. Neihardt’s Black Elk Speaks , excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Literary themes for Students: the American Dream series. This concise study guide includes plot summary…
Hilda Martinsen Neihardt
Mona Martinsen was a tall, striking, visionary sculptor studying in Paris. John G Neihardt was a short, brilliant, but impoverished poet and writer. This work tells the story of how…
Reveals the author himself to be a uniquely sensitive interpreter of Lakota theology, philosophy, and history - which are all one in traditionalist Lakota thought. This title offers an insight…
John G Neihardt
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
This delightful collection of poetry for children features some of the finest poets of the twentieth century, including Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, and Carl Sandburg. With lively illustrations and accessible…
With notes by Julius T. House. The Song of Hugh Glass tells tales in verse of the wandering bands of trappers and traders who explored the wilderness in search of…
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Soon to be a major motion picture staring Leonardo DiCaprio entitled Revenant, this is the story of Hugh Glass, a legendary fur trader, pioneer to the west, frontiersman and adventurer…
First anthology of poems published by John Neihardt; well received
First published epic poem by John Neihardt
A novel of the Black Hills Gold Rush
Second anthology of poetry published by John Neihardt; well received
Epic poem about mountain men explorers in the American West
Features a narrative that begins in 1822, when Smith ascended the Missouri River in the first fur-trading expedition of William H. Ashley and Andrew Henry, and ends in 1831, when…
Deals with the tragic defeat of the Plains Indians. This work includes The Song of the Indian Wars (1925) and The Song of the Messiah (1935).
Covering the years 1901-1908, the author weaves a mosaic of personal fulfillment, joy and sorrow, reflecting on the successes and failures he experienced during his mature years. He shares a…
Collection of critically acclaimed lyrical poetry
The creative energy that would in time produce A Cycle of the West and Black Elk Speaks is apparent in his first book, The Divine Enchantment, published in 1990 when…
Based on characters and situations introduced originally in the acclaimed short stories ‘The Discarded Fetish’ and ‘Beyond the Spectrum’, ‘The Dawn-Builder’ was Neihardt’s first novel, written during an experimental creative…
Originally published just months after his marriage to Mona Martinsen, the poems collected in Man-Song celebrate passionate love and offer many personal glimpses of the young John Neihardt. Unashamedly erotic…
