This chapter examines the distinctive literary voice of John Joseph Mathews, the Osage historian, novelist, and amateur naturalist who built a one-man sandstone cabin on the prairies of Oklahoma and lived there for many years. Mathews recounted his prairie experiences in Talking to the Moon, published in 1945. Although the book was largely overlooked at the time, it was reissued in 1981, helping establish Mathews as a Native American Thoreau.