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A Comparative Study Of Frederick Manfred's Lord Grizzly And A.B. Guthrie Jr.'S The Big Sky, Carol Dornberger-Jackson
A Comparative Study Of Frederick Manfred's Lord Grizzly And A.B. Guthrie Jr.'S The Big Sky, Carol Dornberger-Jackson
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The purpose of this thesis is to do a comparative study of two books by two men who are interested in the mountain man and his period in American history. Frederick Manfred and A. B. Guthrie Jr., authors of Lord Grizzly and The Big Sky, have a deep love for the American West. Their books are about America's frontier and the dreams of the mountain men who first explored it. The mountain men's dreams were of freedom from civilization, excitement in discovery, and love for the vast sea of plains and soaring grandeur of mountains. The spirit of the wild …