Here Lies Hugh Glass A Mountain Man, a Bear, and the Rise of the American Nation

Name: Here Lies Hugh Glass A Mountain Man, a Bear, and the Rise of the American Nation
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ISBN: 9780809054596

ISBN-10: 0809054590

ISBN-13: 9780809054596

Edition: 2012

Authors: Jon T. Coleman

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How one man’s tale of survival and revenge transformed the American WestIn the summer of 1823, a hunter named Hugh Glass was brutally mauled by a grizzly bear in the brush along a tributary of the Yellowstone River. She bit his head, punctured his throat, and ripped hunks from his body. Two comrades stayed with him at first, but soon abandoned him to the wilds. But Glass wouldn’t die. He crawled and heaved his way to safety, then vowed revenge on those who had left him for dead. It all sounds too epic to be true, more like a campfire tale than actual history. And with good reason—nearly all we know of this story comes from secondhand accounts published in journals and magazines that…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 4/24/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Author's Note


Introduction



Origins



The Metaphysics of Hugh Hunting



Bom to Run



Initiations



The Naked and the Dead



Bears in Black and White



Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Chew



Afterlives



Cold Lips Say Waugh!



I Will Survive


Conclusion


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index