{"product_id":"the-giving-earth","title":"The Giving Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eInternationally known for \u003ci\u003eBlack Elk Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Cycle of the West\u003c\/i\u003e, John G. Neihardt (1881–1973) wrote in almost all major genres: fiction, lyric and epic poetry, biography, autobiography, travelogue, literary criticism, and the familiar essay. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Giving Earth\u003c\/i\u003e 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 lapidary reflections of his old age.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her introduction, Hilda Neihardt, who was with her father when he interviewed Black Elk at Pine Ridge, provides many personal details surrounding the publication of his works. She also introduces each section. Included among the early lyrics are \"Let Me Live Out My Years.\" The short stories that brought him his first fame are represented by \"Dreams Are Wiser Than Men\" and the memorably horrific \"Alien.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn excerpt from \u003ci\u003eThe River and I\u003c\/i\u003e documents a trip down the Missouri as atmospheric and eventful as any described by Mark Twain. \u003ci\u003eA Cycle of the West\u003c\/i\u003e, the five-volume masterwork written over nearly thirty years, receives its due with chapters from \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Three Friends, The Song of Hugh Glass, The Song of Jed Smith, The Song of the Indian Wars,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Song of the Messiah\u003c\/i\u003e. The extent of Neihardt's achievement is apparent long before the reader comes to the selections from the classic \u003ci\u003eBlack Elk Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e and the fine, late novel \u003ci\u003eWhen the Trees Flowered.\u003c\/i\u003e Concluding the anthology are selections from the literary criticism that helped form his philosophy of literature and the autobiographical writing of his twilight years. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Giving Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is the gift of a writer's generous spirit and unlimited imagination.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John G. Neihardt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615799468412,"sku":"9780803283732","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780803283732_78d286dc-12ab-4e2e-865b-fae849e4e294.jpg?v=1726576850","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-giving-earth","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}