Overview
With thirty-one books to his credit, written over a creative life of half a century, Frederick Manfred has established himself as the bard of Siouxland and of mid-America, and of all the West. Pulitzer Prize-winner Wallace Stegner noted Manfred's great capacity for work, his vigorous youth, and his amazing literary stamina. How does Manfred do it?
The collection of essays, "Duke's Mixture," goes a long way toward an explanation. Here are the stories behind the making of "Lord Grizzly" - and of the other Buckskin Man and Siouxland novels.
Here are five brilliant interviews that probe the nature of western American novels and the rich lode of western lore about Indians and non-Indians, much of it yet to be explored.
And here is Manfred's energetic apologia for the place he calls roots, Siouxland, U.S.A.