The Song of Three Friends
The Song of Three Friends is one of five epic poems in Neihardt's, "Cycle of the West". In eight cantos it tells the tale of three friends, Mike Fink, Will Carpenter and Frank Talbeau, who travel up the Missouri River in 1822 as members of Ashley's Hundred to seek their fortunes in the fur fields of the Rocky Mountains. The friends fall out over the love of a woman with fatal consequences. The Song of Three Friends won “Best Volume of Verse” from the Poetry Society of America shortly after it was published.. - Summary by Fritz
Genre(s): Poetry, Epics
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 01 | Ashley's Hundred | Phil Schempf |
00:04:03 |
Play 02 | The Up-stream Men | Phil Schempf |
00:30:58 |
Play 03 | To The Musselshell | Phil Schempf |
00:11:45 |
Play 04 | The Net Is Cast | Phil Schempf |
00:13:11 |
Play 05 | The Quarrel | Phil Schempf |
00:23:03 |
Play 06 | The Shooting of the Cup | Phil Schempf |
00:22:15 |
Play 07 | The Third Rider | Phil Schempf |
00:24:03 |
Play 08 | Vengeance | Phil Schempf |
00:23:36 |