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.