The wild man has become popular in books, stories, and especially in movies where he is best personified as a trapper. The mountain man is represented in motion pictures as having the appearance of a man, but a beast's mind and soul. He has no possessions, and would rather kill than be killed. His sense of homelessness, inability to find happiness, and the need to be free keep him travelling in the wilderness to search for security and stability.
I once knew a brilliant and discerning ...