The Splendid Wayfaring

John Neihardt (1881 - 1973)

Quote:
"In the following pages I have told the story of that body of adventurers who, from 1822 to 1829, opened the way for the expansion of our nation beyond the Missouri. I have made Jedediah Smith the central figure of my story, for of all explorers of the Great West he was in many ways the most remarkable, though, heretofore, our school children have not even heard his name. In order to give the student a sense of the continuity of history, I have begun my narrative with a brief account of the movement across the Alleghenies and down the Ohio River after the Revolutionary War; and I have suggested the relation of westward expansion in America to the whole race movement from the beginning."
(from the preface)

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Modern (19th C)

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Phil Schempf
00:04:40
Play 01 I - Down the Ohio Phil Schempf
00:32:44
Play 02 II - At St. Louis Phil Schempf
00:16:05
Play 03 III - Northbound with the Robins Phil Schempf
00:17:25
Play 04 IV - The Battle Phil Schempf
00:18:08
Play 05 V - The Express to Henry Phil Schempf
00:18:57
Play 06 VI - The Two Parties Unite Phil Schempf
00:13:17
Play 07 VII - The Leavenworth Campaign Phil Schempf
00:18:42
Play 08 VIII - Westward by the Grand Phil Schempf
00:25:03
Play 09 IX - Jed Wrestles with Death Phil Schempf
00:14:26
Play 10 X - The Ghost Phil Schempf
00:17:14
Play 11 XI - The First White Men Through South Pass Phil Schempf
00:10:30
Play 12 XII - Treasure and Trouble Therewith Phil Schempf
00:16:50
Play 13 XIII - The Return Phil Schempf
00:15:19
Play 14 XIV - Ashley's Long Winter Trail Phil Schempf
00:21:46
Play 15 XV - Down Green River Phil Schempf
00:13:24
Play 16 XVI - The Rendezvous Phil Schempf
00:18:21
Play 17 XVII - Back to the States Phil Schempf
00:15:00
Play 18 XVIII - General Ashley Retires Phil Schempf
00:18:20
Play 19 XIX - The First Americans Overland to California Phil Schempf
00:34:18
Play 20 XX - Smith's Second Journey Phil Schempf
00:25:15
Play 21 XXI - The End of the Trail Phil Schempf
00:19:43