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| Plot Summary of Adventures of a Mountain Man: The Narrative of Zenas Leonard |
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"Zenas Leonard became a fur trapper, heading up the Missouri and trapping through to the Pacific Coast in the 1830's. He left home as a young man and was given up for dead by his family--but returned after five and a half years in the wilderness.
Leonard travelled with the famous Joseph Walker and Captain Bonneville. He fought grizzlies, Indians, hunger, and blizzards. He lived amongst the Crows for a time and was horrified by their their torture of prisoners. He spent time on the coast of California, learning horse riding and roping from the Spanish.
Not all the men on the expedition returned, and misfortune reduced their numbers. Each separation for trapping or exploration meant a grueling good-by as danger lurked in every canyon. Leonard and his companions risked life and limb each day, but few returned to the States with the fortunes they had envisioned."
Anne-Louise Bennett, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Adventures of a Mountain Man: The Narrative of Zenas Leonard |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Outdoors story
Yes
Exploring:
- colonizing new territory
Period of greatest activity?
- 1800's
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- trader
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
United States
Yes
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Forest?
Yes
Prairie?
Yes
Century:
- 19th century
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- gentle
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- race
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Autobiography?
Yes
How much dialogue in bio?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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