American poet and writer John G. Neihardt (1881-1973) possessed an
inquiring and spiritual mind. Those qualities came to the fore in
Black Elk Speaks, the story of the Lakota holy man Black Elk, for
which he is best remembered. Over the course of thirty years he
also wrote a five-volume epic poem, A Cycle of the West, which told
the story of the settlement of the American West. Despite
Neihardt's widespread name recognition, the success of Black Elk
Speaks, and a list of critically acclaimed books and poems,
Lonesome Dreamer is the first biography of Neihardt in nearly forty
years. Timothy G. Anderson describes Neihardt's life from his
humble beginnings in Illinois to being named poet laureate of
Nebraska in 1921 and to his appearance on the Dick Cavett Show at
the age of ninety. Anderson also delves into Neihardt's success as
a poet far from the East Coast literary establishment, his
resistance to modernist movements in poetry, and his wish to
understand and describe the experience of the Plains Indians.
Offering insight into both his personal and his literary life, this
biography reaffirms Neihardt's place in American literary history,
his successes and failures, and his unbreakable spirit.
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