Desc: Voice of the Plains: John G. Neihardt: Directed by Marshall Jamison. With Tom Allen, Lucile Aly, Dick Cavett, Ron Hull. John Neihardt was known as the poet, or voice, of the plains. Marshall Jamison reads Neihardt's poetry, and Neihardt himself appears in a variety of archive footage describing his life and writings. People interviewed include Neihardt's two daughters, his biographer Lucile Aly, University of Missouri president James Olson, Omaha World-Herald reporter Tom Allen, and former student Betty Cook Rottman. Writer Angela Rackley worked with Neihardt.