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In 1912, at age 31, John Neihardt began work on A Cycle of the Western world, a set of five heroic poems, designed to celebrate the fantastic mood of courage that was developed western world of the Missouri River in the 19th hundred years. The series was dreamed out, much of it in detail, before he began; and for a long time, it was his expectation that it might be completed at age 60 - as it was. "The Melody of Hugh A glass" is the third poem in the Cycle. "The Melody of Hugh A glass" (and also "The Melody of Three Friends") bargains on the whole with the ascent of the Missouri River and with characteristic activities of Ashley-Henry men in the country of the Upper Missouri and the Yellowstone. Hugh A glass, a member of the Ashley-Henry men, resided an epic story; mauled with a bear and left for useless by Henry's men, one of whom was his closest friend and comrade. His resultant crawl back again to civilization, gravely wounded, unarmed, and fueled by hate would be a story of revenge except for Hugh's ultimate redemption and the forgiveness of these who deserted him. "The Melody of Hugh A glass" is unquestionably a masterpiece of the poet, John Neihardt, who has been called the "American Homer."
