Songs Of The Sierra

1892. Joaquin Miller (pen name of Cincinnatus Hiner Miller), poet and author who led an adventurous life, teaching, editing, living with Indians, gold mining, practicing law, and establishing a Pony Express route between the Washington territory and Idaho. One of his most famous poems, Kit Carson's Ride, is included in this volume. Contents: Arizonian; An Indian Summer; Above the Clouds; Burns; Byron; Even So; From Sea to Sea; Ina; Joaquin Murietta; Kit Carson's Ride; Myrrh; The Ship in the Desert; The Tale of the Tall Alcade; and With Walker in Nicaragua. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.