The mountain man of the West
A. was, in his own way, as caught up in the national integrated economic network as a farmer.
B. illustrated that some Americans lived beyond the reach of the market economy.
C. was usually fleeing the routines and materialistic pursuits of a market-driven "civilization."
D. functioned as an independent businessman, vulnerable to the market but at least able to be his own boss in an enterprise not yet dominated by large eastern organizations.
Answer: A. was, in his own way, as caught up in the national integrated economic network as a farmer.
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