The true story behind The Revenant "A vigorously written meditation on . . . America's encounter with the wilderness." -- The Wall Street Journal In the summer of 1823, a grizzly bear mauled mountain man Hugh Glass in present-day South Dakota. The animal ripped the trapper up, carving huge hunks from his body. Glass's companions slew the bear, but his injuries mocked their first aid. Two men would stay behind to bury the corpse when it finally stopped gurgling; the rest would move on. Alone in Indian country, the ...
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The true story behind The Revenant "A vigorously written meditation on . . . America's encounter with the wilderness." -- The Wall Street Journal In the summer of 1823, a grizzly bear mauled mountain man Hugh Glass in present-day South Dakota. The animal ripped the trapper up, carving huge hunks from his body. Glass's companions slew the bear, but his injuries mocked their first aid. Two men would stay behind to bury the corpse when it finally stopped gurgling; the rest would move on. Alone in Indian country, the caretakers quickly lost their nerve. They fled, taking Glass's gun, knife, and ammunition with them. But Glass wouldn't die. He began crawling toward Fort Kiowa, hundreds of miles to the east, and as his speed picked up, so did his ire. The bastards who took his gear and left him to rot were going to pay. Here Lies Hugh Glass springs from this legend. The acclaimed historian Jon T. Coleman delves into the accounts left by Glass's contemporaries and the mythologizers who used his story to advance their literary and filmmaking careers. A spectacle of grit in the face of overwhelming odds, Glass sold copy and tickets. But he did much more. Through him, the grievances and frustrations of hired hunters in the early American West bled into the narrative of the nation. A marginal player who nonetheless sheds light on the terrifying drama of life on the frontier, Glass endures as a consummate survivor and a complex example of American manhood. Here Lies Hugh Glass , a vivid, often humorous portrait of a young nation and its growing pains, is a Western history like no other.
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The speed and accuracy of Alibris was excellent! I have never had a problem with that, however the writer of the book is a different matter! This book was not about Hugh Glass, it was different aspects of the west! It was not well written! The ten or twelve page introduduction told the whole story of Hugh Glass and then he was gone! Very disappointed in the description of book in contrast to what it really was! There was a different title I wish had purchased, but again great service from Alibris ! Thanks
