The Splendid Wayfaring

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With the publication of "The Splendid Wayfaring" in 1920, John G. Neihardt sought to restore the reputation of a mountain man who went far in opening up the American West. The exciting narrative begins in 1822, when Smith ascended the Missouri River in the first fur-trading expedition of William H. Ashley and Andrew Henry, and ends in 1831, when he was killed by Comanche Indians on the Cimarron River. In the intervening years Smith became the first explorer to recognize South Pass as the gateway to the Far West, the first overlander to reach California and travel up the coast to the Columbia River, and the first white man to cross the Sierra Nevada and the Great Basin from west to east. The "Splendid Wayfaring" follows in novelistic detail the history-making adventures of Smith and his companions.

About the author

Other works by John G. Neihardt, poet and chronicler of the American West, available in Bison Book editions include Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of the Oglala Sioux, The Mountain Men, and When the Tree Flowered.

Summary

Features a narrative that begins in 1822, when Smith ascended the Missouri River in the first fur-trading expedition of William H. Ashley and Andrew Henry, and ends in 1831, when he was killed by Comanche Indians on the Cimarron River. This work follows the history-making adventures of Smith and his companions.

Product details

• Authors: John G Neihardt, John G. Neihardt, John Gneisenau Neihardt
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1970
• EAN: 9780803257238
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-5723-8
• No. of pages: 290
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 202 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travel guides > North and Central America; Biografien: allgemein, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, USA Westen, Biography / Autobiography, TRAVEL / United States / West / General