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Crow killer : the saga of Liver-Eating Johnson / Raymond W. Thorp and Robert Bunker ; new introduction by Nathan E. Bender.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thorp, Raymond W., 1896-1966, author.
- Bunker, Robert, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pioneers--Montana--Biography.
- Pioneers.
- Trappers--Montana--Biography.
- Trappers.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Montana.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Montana--Biography.
- Montana.
- Johnston, John, 1824?-1900.
- Johnston, John.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (143 p.)
- Edition:
- New edition.
- Place of Publication:
- 2016.
- Bloomington, Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The movie Jeremiah Johnson introduced millions to the legendary mountain man, John Johnson. The real Johnson was a far cry from the Redford version. Standing 6'2" in his stocking feet and weighing nearly 250 pounds, he was a mountain man among mountain men, one of the toughest customers on the western frontier. As the story goes, one morning in 1847 Johnson returned to his Rocky Mountain trapper's cabin to find the remains of his murdered Indian wife and her unborn child. He vowed vengeance against an entire Indian tribe. Crow Killer tells of that one-man, decades-long war to avenge his beloved. Whether seen as a realistic glimpse of a long ago, fierce frontier world, or as a mythic retelling of the many tales spun around and by Johnson, Crow Killer is unforgettable. This new edition, redesigned for the first time, features an introduction by western frontier expert Nathan E. Bender and a glossary of Indian tribes.
- Contents:
- Part I. The young trapper
- The making of a legend
- The hair merchants
- An apprenticeship
- A madness
- Oath of vengeance
- Part II. Liver-Eating Johnson
- A man's reputation
- Twined scalps
- Crow against Flathead
- Winter holiday, spring council
- A missing chapter
- Part III. A man among men
- The eighteenth warrior
- Captive of the Blackfeet
- Mountain-man rendezvous
- Boots and biscuits
- Portuguese Phillips
- A Sioux liver
- Monument for a foe's friend
- Target for Gray Bear
- Part IV. Brother of the Crows
- White chief of the Shoshoni
- Biscuits for Blackfeet
- A last departure
- Mariano and the Ute chief
- The Piegan princess
- Eight scalps for the Crows
- Part V. The old trapper
- Burial for Bear Claw
- Sheriff Johnson
- Last trail
- Lodge by the sea.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780253021229
- 0253021227
- OCLC:
- 931877024
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