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)

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)

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

1976

Japanese Edition