6 The Poet of Kansas

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Cheyenne Riding Like the Wind 5
6. 2 A Dugout on the High Plains 24
7. 3 The House on Horse Creek 43
8. 4 “Study Like a House Afire” 50
9. 5 Finding Venus 67
10. 6 The Poet of Kansas 80
11. 7 “Fling This Wild Song” 97
12. 8 The Writers’ Congress 120
13. 9 “I Demand You Write More Shamelessly and Nakedly” 135
14. 10 “You Can’t Eat the Scenery” 156
15. 11 Whose Names Are Unknown 171
16. 12 The Changed World 186
17. 13 She Felt Like the Wind 203
18. 14 “Follow That Furrow” 220
19. 15 “I Do Not Wish to Be Less than I Am” 239
20. 16 The Lost Traveler 248
21. 17 “Dust on [Her] Own Hills” 257
22. 18 An Owl on Every Post 270
23. 19 The Recovery of Whose Names Are Unknown 285
24. Epilogue 293
25. Notes 299
26. Bibliography 333
27. Index 343