[In the following review, Donahugh describes Mountain Man as “a stirring piece of Americana” and recommends it as appropriate reading material for teenaged boys.]

[In Mountain Man,] Sam Minard, fur-trapper and mountain man, witnesses a massacre in which a frenzied woman kills the Indians who have slaughtered her children. Sam builds the woman a cabin, and she subsequently lives a dream-like existence neither straying from her children's graves nor communicating with anyone. After bargaining for an Indian bride Sam goes off to trap, returning to find his wife and unborn child slain. Declaring a one-man war against the Indians, Sam stalks and is stalked, drifting in and out of the life of the strange woman in the cabin. Superb backgrounds, fascinating detail, and consistency of tone elevate this beyond the adventure story; as a picture of a mountain man, his love of nature and struggle to survive, it is a stirring piece of Americana. Plenty of blood and guts but virtually no sex. Suitable for older teen-age boys and recommended to public libraries generally.