> Jeff, Mr Jeff (not El Jeff, the other one):
>
> My most recent brush with mountain men and frontier mythology has
come via> Tim Flannery's 'The Eternal Frontier' - an ecohistory of
North America that> makes me hope that Odaylans *aren't* like
mountain men. :) That is, I hope> (and the cult writeup supports
this) that Odaylans know how to nurture,> sustain and conserve
natural resources, rather than exploit and despoil them
> to extinction. But I digress.
>
Hey - that was not in the little history books I read as a kid!
What's next? George Washington lied about the cherry tree?
The occasional digression which may be viewed as having political
spin, is certainly welcome when backed by fact, analysis, or
references. :)
Reinier