Silk, 16, goes in search of his father with a former actor named Shakespeare. Tal Jones and Mountain Man, Shakespeare, form an unlikely partnership in Americas frontier. Tal Jones first spotted Shakespeare stalking a grizzly bear. In dirtiness and ugliness, manandbear were about equal, so it wasnt always clear to Tal who actually had the upper hand. But by days end, Tal was wearing the bears head as a trophy, Shakespeare had a nasty hole in the side of his head and the two of them were howling at each others jokes as if theyd known each other for years.