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Title: Saga of Hugh Glass: Pirate, Pawnee and Mountain Man by John Myers Myers ISBN: 0-8032-5834-8 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: June, 1976 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Entertaining
Comment: This is an enjoyable read of an early day fur trapper and his adventures (misadventures) in the uncharted wilderness. I must agree with some reviewers that the author can be quite quirky in his writing style with offbeat, way-out puns and phraseology, but nevertheless a good read. Myers justifies the many hardships of Hugh Glass through several second hand sources for those unbelievers of this somewhat, but not, fictional character. Glass was captured by pirates, escaped, then was captured by the Pawnees and later lived with them for some years. He then left the Pawnees and joined Ashley's fur expeditions to the Rockies. Many a narrow escape with Indians, but probably the most celebrated adventure of his life was the mauling by a grizzly and the ensuing tales thereof. One reviewer mentioned how they should make a movie out of this book. Well, they did, many years ago. "Man in the Wilderness" starring Richard Harris is based on Hugh Glass and his heroic adventure with the grizzly.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not easy reading, but worth the effort.
Comment: John Myers Myers is a wordy, self-indulgent writer, with a tendency to editorialize excessively and to include far too many side-trips for the purpose of turning a clever phrase.
That said, when he has a good story, and really turns loose, you are in for a ride!
The first part of this book is more about research than anything else. Myers tells us about the different tellings of the Hugh Glass tale, and how his true story can be discerned from the rural legends that surround him.
The second part of the book is Glass' tale, and it's a wild one. He starts off as a sailor, is captured by pirates, becomes a pirate, escapes, is caught by the Pawnee tribe, escapes the tribe, becomes a hunter, is (almost) mortally wounded by a bear and abandoned by his party, and then somehow survives it all. Somebody needs to make a movie of this story.
If you are up for a good, somewhat professorial read, then this book will satisfy.
Rating: 4
Summary: A self-indulgent stomp through western history
Comment: Well, I warn you, I really like John Myers Myers. He is self indulgent, humorous, and likes to take his time getting to the topic of a story.
Frankly, don't read this book if you are looking for a hell-bent-for-leather, in your face kind of adventure. This is not it. It is intead two stories - the search for details about a man who history did not leave a clear record of, and then the history of that man. It can be a difficult read, but there is much to enjoy here, and you will be glad you read it when you are done.
That said, try finding a copy of this used. Pretty difficult, eh? Why is that....
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Title: Jim Bridger, Mountain Man by Stanley Vestal ISBN: 0803257201 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Jedediah Smith and the Opening of the West by Dale Lowell Morgan ISBN: 0803251386 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: December, 1964 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Hugh Glass by Bruce Bradley ISBN: 0966900502 Publisher: Monarch Press Pub. Date: 25 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson (Midland Book) by Raymond W. Thorp, Robert Manson Bunker, Richard Mercer Dorson ISBN: 0253203120 Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: September, 1983 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: John Colter: His Years in the Rockies by Burton Harris, David Sievert Lavender ISBN: 0803272642 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: April, 1993 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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