The Giving Earth

Includes nearly forty selections representing every phase of Neihardt’s art, from the passionate poetry of his youth to the masterworks of his maturity to the reflections of his old age. Neihardt wrote in nearly every major genre including fiction, lyric and epic poetry, biography, autobiography, travelogue, literary criticism, and essay form. This sampler of Neihardt’s poetry and prose resurrects the outlines of a long and varied literary career.