The Mountain Men: The Song of Three Friends; The Song of Hugh Glass; The Song of Jed Smith (A Cycle of the West 1)

First volume of the celebrated epic poem A Cycle of the West, covering the era of fur tradersThe Mountain Men celebrates the brave men and women who explored, trapped, and traded across the Old West during the early decades of the nineteenth century. From the Missouri River to the Great Salt Lake, the Yellowstone River to Spanish California, their moving and inspiring stories are deftly told by the brilliant epic poet John G. Neihardt. It was the age of individualism, a time when a person's own character and fortitude more than the collective ensured survival and success. Neihardt himself traversed the same waterways and rugged country as the early trappers and traders in order to better understand them and their world.This is the first volume in John G. Neihardt's acclaimed A Cycle of the West, containing The Song of Three Friends, The Song of Hugh Glass, and The Song of Jed Smith. The Twilight of the Sioux, the second volume in A Cycle of the West, is also available as an Excelsior Edition. Title Page ......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 7 Introduction......Page 9 The Song of Three Friends......Page 19 I. Ashley's Hundred......Page 21 II. The Up-Stream Men......Page 24 III. To the Musselshell......Page 49 IV. The Net is Cast......Page 59 V. The Quarrel......Page 70 VI. The Shooting of the Cup......Page 90 VII. The Third Rider......Page 108 VIII. Vengeance......Page 128 I. Graybeard and Goldhair......Page 149 II. The Awakening......Page 174 III. The Crawl......Page 185 IV. The Return of the Ghost......Page 242 V. Jamie......Page 257 The Song of Jed Smith......Page 275 The Song of Jed Smith......Page 277 An epic poet deftly tells the moving and inspiring stories of the brave men and women who explored, trapped, and traded across the Old West during the early decades of the nineteenth century. Reprint.