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Crow Killer, New Edition: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson
Raymond W. Thorp
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Description for Crow Killer, New Edition: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253020833
SKU
V9780253020833
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99-35
About Raymond W. Thorp
Raymond W. Thorp is author of Bowie Knife and Spirit Gun of the West: The Story of Doc W. F. Carver, among other titles. Nathan E. Bender is an independent scholar and consultant in Laramie, Wyoming, who has written extensively on the Old West.
Reviews for Crow Killer, New Edition: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson
-Spectacular to repellent, this is a part of Western life as it must have been...-
Kirkus Reviews, reviewing a previous edition or volume -... [Johnson] emerges as flesh and blood, with the emphasis on blood. His story is the material from which grand opera might be made.-
Saturday Review, reviewing a previous edition or volume -It's a robust story, almost ... Read more
Kirkus Reviews, reviewing a previous edition or volume -... [Johnson] emerges as flesh and blood, with the emphasis on blood. His story is the material from which grand opera might be made.-
Saturday Review, reviewing a previous edition or volume -It's a robust story, almost ... Read more