A Sender of Words: Essays in Memory of John G. Neihardt (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803266476)

Author of more than thirty books of poetry, Western history, stories, fiction, biography, criticism, and Native studies, 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 Poet Laureate of Nebraska and the Prairies. Neihardt was devoted to his ideals of art, spirit, humanity, and understanding. This volume brings together fourteen lifelong admirers, who each contribute a portrait or an appreciation of this American original. Best known for his 1932 classic Black Elk Speaks, done in collaboration with the Lakota holy man Nicholas Black Elk, Neihardt is also justly regarded as an epic poet, travel writer, newspaperman, teacher, mystic, and spokesman for the beauty of the Great Plains and the drama of ordinary and exceptional lives.

Author: Vine Deloria Jr
ISBN-10: 0803266472
ISBN-13: 9780803266476
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2005
Pages: 177
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.88h x 6.00w x 0.52d