"The Lonesome Trail" by John G. Neihardt is a collection of linked stories set in the American frontier, focusing on Antoine, a mixed-race man grappling with identity and acceptance. He is an outcast navigating a world where he doesn’t fully belong, facing challenges from nature and society alike. Antoine finds himself running from pursuers at the start of the story. He is haunted by past transgressions and the prejudice he faces as a half-breed, which has left him estranged from both white and native communities. His unexpected bond with a wolf named Susette gives him companionship, but also highlights his yearning for connection in a desolate existence. The story uses a tone of desperation and conflict to suggest the main themes of identity, survival, and the need for belonging.
The Lonesome Trail
By John G. Neihardt
Hunted and alone, a man forms an unlikely bond with a wild creature, revealing his desperate search for belonging in a world that has rejected him.
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2015-11-16
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About the Author John Gneisenau Neihardt was an American writer and poet, amateur historian and ethnographer. Born at the end of the American settlement of the Plains, he became interested in the lives of those who had been a part of the European-American migration, as well as the Indigenous peoples whom they had displaced.
John Gneisenau Neihardt was an American writer and poet, amateur historian and ethnographer. Born at the end of the American settlement of the Plains, he became interested in the lives of those who had been a part of the European-American migration, as well as the Indigenous peoples whom they had displaced.
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