Frederick Manfred | |
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Born | Frederick Feikes Feikema VII January 6, 1912 Doon, Iowa, U.S. |
Died | September 7, 1994 Luverne, Minnesota, U.S. | (aged 82)
Pen name | Feike Feikema |
Occupation | Novelist |
Genre | Western |
Notable works | Lord Grizzly |
Children | Freya Manfred |
Frederick Feikema Manfred (January 6, 1912 – September 7, 1994) was an American writer of Westerns, very much connected to his native region: the American Midwest, and the prairies of the West. He named the area where the borders of Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska meet "Siouxland."