His Works

Literary Works of John G. Neihardt

Written or originally published while in Wayne, Nebraska
- 1900 - The Divine Enchantment: Neihardt's first published work, a mystical poem and his poetic philosophy (reprinted with Poetic Values, 1989); ; paper, SUNY press, December 2008
Written or originally published while in Bancroft, Nebraska
- 1902 - A Bundle of Myrrh (5 copies printed on author's press)
- 1907 - A Bundle of Myrrh ; paper, SUNY press, December 2008
- 1907 - The Lonesome Trail (stories reprinted in The End of the Dream, 1991)
- 1909 - *Man Song (available in cloth, 1991, Univ. of NE Press; ; paper, SUNY press, October 2008)
- 1910 - *The River and I (rev. edition 1927, available in cloth, Landmark Printing Edition, 1992, Univ. of NE Press; ; hardcover, SUNY press, October 2008)
- 1911 - *The Dawn Builder (available in cloth, 1991, Univ of NE Press; ; paper, SUNY press, December 2008)
- 1912 - The Stranger at the Gate
- 1913 - The Death of Agrippina (reprinted in Lyric and Dramatic Poems, 1991)
- 1914 - *Life's Lure ; paper, SUNY press, December 2008 (available in cloth, 1991, Univ of NE Press)
- 1915 - The Song of Hugh Glass (rev. edition for schools, 1919 ; hardcover, SUNY press, October 2008; reprinted in The Mountain Men, 1971 and A Cycle of the West, 1992)
- 1916 - The Quest ; poems, paper, SUNY press, December 2008 (reprinted in Lyric and Dramatic Poems, 1991)
- 1919 - The Song of Three Friends (reprinted in The Mountain Men, 1971, and A Cycle of the West, 1992); ; paper, SUNY press, December 2008
- 1920 - *The Splendid Wayfaring: life of American explorer Jedediah Smith (available in paper, 1984, Univ of NE Press; ; paper, SUNY press, December 2008)
Written or originally published while in Branson, Missouri
- 1921 - Two Mothers ("The Death of Agrippina;" "Eight Hundred Rubles"; reprinted in Lyric and Dramatic Poems, 1991)
- 1921 - Laureate Address
- 1925 - The Song of the Indian Wars (annotated for schools, 1928; reprinted in The Twilight of the Sioux, 1971, and A Cycle of the West, 1992)
- 1925 - Poetic Values (reprinted with The Divine Enchantment, 1989)
- 1926 - Collected Poems, Lyrics (available in cloth as Lyric and Dramatic Poems, 1991, Univ of NE Press)
- 1926 - *Indian Tales and Others: volume containing Neihardt's short stories (available in cloth or paper, 1988, Univ of NE Press); ; paper, SUNY press, December 2008
- 1932 - Black Elk Speaks: the life story of an Oglala holy man (available in *paper, 1961, or *cloth, 1988, Univ of NE Press; also Pocket Books edition, Simon Schuster, 1972; paper, SUNY press, October 2008)
  International Editions:
  - 1953 - German Edition - Ich Rufe Mein Volk
  - 1953 - Flemish Edition - Zwarte Eland Spreek
  - 1963 - Dutch Edition - Zwarte Eland Spreekt
  - 1968 - Italian Edition - Alce Nero Parla
  - 1969 - Danish Edition - Black Elk Taler
  - 1969 - Serbo-Croatian Edition
  - 1970 - Spanish Edition - Los Ultimos Sioux
  - 1972 - British Edition
  - 1976 - French Edition
  - Japanese Edition
- 1935 - The Song of the Messiah (reprinted in The Twilight of the Sioux, 1971, and A Cycle of the West, 1992)
- 1941 - The Song of Jed Smith (reprinted in The Mountain Men, 1971, and A Cycle of the West, 1992)
Written or originally published while in Columbia, Missouri
- 1949 - A Cycle of the West (in sequence, as originally intended)
  - 1971 - *The Mountain Men: The Song of Three Friends, The Song of Hugh Glass, The Song of Jed Smith, paper, Univ. of NE Press; ; paper, SUNY press, December 2008
  - 1971 - *The Twilight of the Sioux: The Song of the Indian Wars, The Song of the Messiah, paper, Univ of NE Press; hardcover, SUNY press, October 2008
  - 1992 - *A Cycle of the West, First Landmark Printing Edition, cloth, Univ of NE Press
- 1951 - *When the Tree Flowered: the story of Eagle Voice, a Sioux Indian (available in paper, 1991, Univ of NE Press)
- 1961 - Epic America, The Twilight of the Sioux (TV course, Univ of Missouri
Written or originally published while in Lincoln, Nebraska
- 1972 - *All Is But A Beginning: Youth Remembered, 1881-1901 (available in paper, 1986, Univ of NE Press)
- 1978 - *Patterns and Coincidences: A Sequel to All Is But A Beginning (available in cloth, Univ of Missouri Press)
Posthumous Collections
- 1989 - *The Divine Enchantment and Poetic Values (available in cloth, Univ of NE Press)
- 1991 - *The End of the Dream and Other Stories (available in cloth, Univ of NE Press)
- 1991 - *The Ancient Memory and Other Stories (available in cloth, Univ of NE Press)
- 1991 - *The Giving Earth: A John G. Neihardt Reader (available in cloth, Univ of NE Press)

*These books are available at the Neihardt Center, Bancroft, NE. All others are found in the Neihardt Center Research Library, Bancroft, NE, public libraries or rare book stores.