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John G. Neihardt

Born: January 8, 1881 in Sharpsburg, Illinois
Died: November 24, 1973 in Columbia, Missouri

Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Neihardt was born in Sharpsburg, Illinois and lived there until he was 10.

Biography: Over the years, he was a professor of poetry at the University of Nebraska, a literary editor in St. Louis, Missouri, and a poet-in-residence and lecturer at the University of Missouri–Columbia.


Awards:
  • -- The Nebraska State Legislature named him “Poet Laureate of Nebraska and the Plains”, a title he held for fifty-two years until his death

Primary Literary Genre(s): Poetry

John G. Neihardt on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=john++g.+neihardt


Selected Titles

  A bundle of myrrh
ISBN: 9781441623553 OCLC: 457267639

Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, Albany, N.Y. : [2008]

A cycle of the west /
ISBN: 080323323X OCLC: 24628965

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln : ©1991.

  A Cycle of the West, Bison Classic Annotated Edition
ISBN: 9781496207388 OCLC: 1039702821

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln : 2018.

A Cycle of the West rewards its readers with a sweeping saga of the American West and John G. Neihardt's exhilarating vision of frontier history--

All is but a beginning :
ISBN: 0803283555 OCLC: 12974860

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln : [1986], ©1972.

Black Elk speaks /
ISBN: 0803283911 OCLC: 871258281

"Black Elk Speaks, the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century, offers readers much more than a precious glimpse of a vanished time. Black Elk's searing visions of the unity of humanity and Earth, conveyed by John G. Neihardt, have made this book a classic that crosses multiple genres. Whether appreciated as the poignant tale of a Lakota life, a history of a Native nation, or an enduring spiritual testament, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable"--

  Black Elk speaks :
ISBN: 9781441693877 OCLC: 719369585

Excelsior Editions, State University Press of New York Press, Albany, N.Y. : ©2008.

Black Elk Speaks is widely hailed as a religious classic, one of the best spiritual books of the modern era and the bestselling book of all time by an American Indian. This inspirational and unfailingly powerful story reveals the life and visions of the Lakota healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863?1950) and the tragic history of his Sioux people during the epic closing decades of the Old West. In 1930, the aging Black Elk met a kindred spirit, the famed poet, writer, and critic John G. Neihardt (1881?1973) on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The Lakota elder chose Neihardt to share his visions and life with the world. Neihardt understood and today Black Elk is known to all.--Page 4 of cover.

  Collected poems of John G. Neihardt.
ISBN: 031321025X OCLC: 4135739

Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. : 1978, ©1926.

  Indian tales and others
ISBN: 9781438425504 OCLC: 228369069

Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, Albany, N.Y. : [2008]

Indian tales and others /
ISBN: 0803233183 OCLC: 17917754

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln : 1988 printing, ©1926.

A collection of tales by the author, written with extreme simplicity, grace, and beauty; he has adapted his style perfectly to his subject matter, and has made his material as charming as it is engrossing.

  Life's lure
ISBN: 9781441623584 OCLC: 457255875

Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, Albany, N.Y. : [2008]

Life's lure /
ISBN: 0803233337 OCLC: 23900805

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln : [1991]

  Man-song
ISBN: 1438425546 OCLC: 228369082

Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, Albany, N.Y. : [2008]

Patterns and coincidences :
ISBN: 0826202330 OCLC: 3121079

University of Missouri Press, Columbia : 1978.

"This volume is a continuation of the autobiography of John G. Neihardt..."

  QUEST (CLASSIC REPRINT).
ISBN: 1330171535 OCLC: 983428474

FORGOTTEN Books, [Place of publication not identified], 2015.

Red Crow, warrior chief
ISBN: 0803233124 OCLC: 6533478

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln : ©1980.

  SPLENDID WAYFARING :
ISBN: 1332069606 OCLC: 983453248

FORGOTTEN Books, [Place of publication not identified], 2015.

  The divine enchantment :
ISBN: 0879681683 OCLC: 1255997

Gordon Press, New York : 1974.

The divine enchantment :
ISBN: 0803233191 OCLC: 18907546

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln : 1989.

The river and I
ISBN: 9781438425603 OCLC: 228369060

Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, Albany, NY : 2008.

The river and I /
ISBN: 0803283725 OCLC: 36301432

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln : 1997.

  The song of three friends
ISBN: 9781441623638 OCLC: 457252231

Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, Albany, N.Y. : [2008]

The splendid wayfaring :
ISBN: 0803257236 OCLC: 94216

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln : [1970, ©1920]

  The twilight of the Sioux :
ISBN: 9781441623652 OCLC: 457252593

Excelsior Editions, State University of New York Press, Albany, N.Y. : [2008]

When the tree flowered :
ISBN: 0803283636 OCLC: 22629407

University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln : [1991], ©1951.

"When the Tree Flowered is John Neihardt's mature and reflective inter-pretation of the old Sioux way of life. He served as a translator of the Sioux past whose audience has proved not to be limited by space or time. Through his writings, Black Elk, Eagle Elk, and other old men who were of that last generation of Sioux to have participated in the old buffalo-hunting life and disorienting period of strife with the U.S. army found a literary voice. What they said chronicles a dramatic transition in the life of the Plains Indians; the record of their thoughts, interpreted by Neihardt, is a legacy preserved for the future. It transcends the specifics of this one tragic case of cultural misunderstanding and conflict and speaks to universal human concerns. It is a story worth contemplating both for itself and for the lessons it teaches all humanity."-Raymond J. DeMallie, editor of The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt.

When the tree flowered;
ISBN: 0803257244 OCLC: 101756

University of Nebraska Press Lincoln, [1970, ©1951]

 

 

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