The Song of Three Friends


Read by Phil Schempf

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 (2 hr 32 min)

Chapters

Ashley's Hundred 4:03 Read by Phil Schempf
The Up-stream Men 30:58 Read by Phil Schempf
To The Musselshell 11:45 Read by Phil Schempf
The Net Is Cast 13:11 Read by Phil Schempf
The Quarrel 23:03 Read by Phil Schempf
The Shooting of the Cup 22:15 Read by Phil Schempf
The Third Rider 24:03 Read by Phil Schempf
Vengeance 23:36 Read by Phil Schempf