John Neihardt was known as the poet, or voice, of the plains. Marshall Jamison reads Neihardt's poetry, and Neihardt himself appears in a variety of archive footage describing his life and writings. People interviewed include Neihardt's two daughters, his biographer Lucile Aly, University of Missouri president James Olson, Omaha World-Herald reporter Tom Allen, and former student Betty Cook Rottman. Writer Angela Rackley worked with Neihardt.
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