Glass had a pretty exciting life, that included being a sailor, a pirate, a captive of a vicious indian tribe, later a member of the same tribe, a trapper, explorer, and ultimately the mauling victim of a grizzly bear. The makings of a western classic, michael punkes novel the revenant provides muscle and sinew to. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. At any rate, the story centers around legendary mountain man hugh glass. The revenant is a fictional tale based on the real life account of hugh glass, a trapper who was attacked by a grizzly bear and then left for dead by the men who had been left to care for him. I imagine this book is geared toward guys but hey, im a woman and i loved it.
Im always a bit jaundiced about books linked to films, so i wasnt expecting too. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hugh glass. Hugh glass gave his guardian angel a workout to be sure. A philadelphiaborn adventurer, frontiersman hugh glass goes to sea at age 16 and enjoys a charmed life, including several years under the flag of the pirate. Manfreds novel about the same topic, hugh glasss crawl driven by. The true story of hugh glass and the grizzly campfire tales book 1 by robert dwyer 3.
Though the book was published some years ago, it seems to be garnering more attention with a rerelease, as well as anticipation of the movie the revenant starring leonardo dicaprio, due out in january 2016. A novel of revenge is a 2002 novel by american author michael punke, based on a series of events in the life of american frontiersman hugh glass in. Further reading books and websites related to the hugh glass story. Based on the real life of fur trapper hugh glass, the revenant recounts the toll of. This amazing true story of frontiersman hugh glass is a powerful debut novel and soontobe warner bros. I read lord grizzly when i was in junior high or high school and thought it was great. A fictional account of the real life of fronteirsman hugh glass, michael punkes novel. The revenant a novel of revenge book by michael punke. From the explosive opening moments until the very last page, the reader is practically swept up into the action.
Hugh glass kindle edition by bradley, bruce, todd, charles lee. If you loved the revenant movie, you have to read the book it was based off of. This small book tells the real story of hugh glass, the socalled revenant of movie fame. Hugh glass further reading the real story of hugh glass. Hugh glass is among the companys finest men, an experienced. He is best known for his story of survival and retribution after being left for dead by companions when he was mauled by a grizzly bear. I love history and ive always loved the story of hugh glass.
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