{"product_id":"the-splendid-wayfaring-paperback","title":"The Splendid Wayfaring - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Gneisenau Neihardt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Splendid Wayfaring\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eSplendid Wayfaring\u003c\/i\u003e follows in novelistic detail the history-making adventures of Smith and his companions.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther works by John G. Neihardt, poet and chronicler of the American West, available in Bison Book editions include \u003ci\u003eBlack Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of the Oglala Sioux\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mountain Men\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhen the Tree Flowered\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 7.96 x 5.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723039510591,"sku":"9780803257238","price":29.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a54157f60abf78b6cc7b47312afd316d.webp?v=1765097804","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-splendid-wayfaring-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}