Dear Friends:

What a fine-looking family, and what's better, fine as you look! Mona and I were genuinely pleased to have a look at all of you. Many thanks for remembering us.

"The Song of Jed Smith" is nearing completion. Macmillans have wanted it for May publication, but any dead line would stop me. So it will definitely appear in Sept. I should be through in Feb.

Mona and I made a lecture trip to Boulder and Denver in Oct., returning up down the Platte to Wayne. Thought of you but had to hurry.

We are both still impressed with the fine work you did on the biographical study. Too bad the State committee [flubed?]! But, who knows? The thing may yet appear in complete form, after the Cycle is out in a single volume.

Love to all of you!

Jno. G. Neihardt