American poet and writer John G. Neihardt (1881-1973) possessed an inquiring and spiritual mind. Lonesome Dreamer is the first biography of Neihardt in nearly forty years. Timothy G. Anderson describes Neihardt's life from his humble beginnings, to being named poet laureate of Nebraska in 1921, to his appearance on the Dick Cavett Show at the age of ninety.
Timothy G. Anderson describes American poet and writer John G. Neihardt’s (1881–1973) life from his humble beginnings in Illinois, to being named poet laureate of Nebraska in 1921, to his appearance on the Dick Cavett Show at the age of ninety.