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PublisherIndiana University Press

ISBN-100253020832

ISBN-139780253020833

eBay Product ID (ePID)217095869

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Edition2

Book TitleCrow Killer : the Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Adventurers & Explorers, General

Publication Year2016

FeaturesNew Edition

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorRobert Bunker, Raymond W. Thorp

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight11.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-038418

Reviews"It's a robust story, almost incredible--a saga of hardship, cruelty and terrible dangers through which John Johnson, tough and shrewd as he undoubtedly was, did not emerge unscathed. This is the stuff of folklore at its authentic best."-- New York Times Book Review , 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 ". . . warrants a place on any shelf of Western Americana."-- San Francisco Chronicle , reviewing a previous edition or volume "Spectacular to repellent, this is a part of Western life as it must have been. . ."-- Kirkus Reviews , reviewing a previous edition or volume "It's a robust story, almost incredible--a saga of hardship, cruelty and terrible dangers through which John Johnson, tough and shrewd as he undoubtedly was, did not emerge unscathed. This is the stuff of folklore at its authentic best."-- New York Times Book Review ". . . [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 ". . . warrants a place on any shelf of Western Americana."-- San Francisco Chronicle "Spectacular to repellent, this is a part of Western life as it must have been. . ."-- Kirkus Reviews, It's a robust story, almost incredible--a saga of hardship, cruelty and terrible dangers through which John Johnson, tough and shrewd as he undoubtedly was, did not emerge unscathed. This is the stuff of folklore at its authentic best.

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal978/.02/0924 B

Table Of ContentIntroduction by Nathan E. Bender Foreword by Richard M. Dorson Preface Acknowledgments Part One: The Young Trapper 1. The Making of a Legend 2. The Hair Merchants 3. An Apprenticeship 4. A Madness 5. Oath of Vengeance Part Two: Liver-Eating Johnson 6. A Man's Reputation 7. Twined Scalps 8. Crow Against Flathead 9. Winter Holiday, Spring Council 10. . . . A Missing Chapter Part Three: A Man Among Men 11. The Eighteenth Warrior 12. Captive of the Blackfeet 13. Mountain-Man Rendezvous 14. Boots and Biscuits 15. Portuguese Phillips 16. A Sioux Liver 17. Monument for a Foe's Friend 18. Target for Gray Bear Part Four: Brother of the Crows 19. White Chief of the Shoshoni 20. Biscuits for Blackfeet 21. A Last Departure 22. Mariano and the Ute Chief 23. The Piegan Princess 24. Eight Scalps for the Crows Part Five: The Old Trapper 25. Burial for Bear Claw 26. Sheriff Johnson 27. Last Trail 28. Lodge by the Sea Glossary of Native Peoples in Crow Killer

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisThe 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.

LC Classification NumberF731.J64T48 2016