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RARE 🔥 LIFE OLD FRONTIER_HUGH GLASS BEAR STORY_INDIAN ATTACKS_NEGRO THIEF_SCOUT
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This book contains a story about a man named John Glass who was attacked by a bear and left for dead by his company - it is almost the exact
story of Hugh Glass [famously made by The Revenant]
, so I am wondering if the author changed some names to skirt around any stories that had copyrights??
Title:
Forest and Prairie, or, Life on the Frontier
author:
Emerson Bennett
published:
Pa, the keystone publishing co,
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1889 - 1st?
binding:
pictorial hardcover with gilt
size:
7.5" x 5.25" with 411
pages [+ ads]
With 4 illustrations
Contents:
The Mingo Chief / The Kentucky Hero / The Maid of Fort Henry / Wrecked on the Lake / A Leap for Life / A Desperate Encounter / Love Triumphant / Mad Ann / The Daring Scouts / The Gamblers Outwitted / A Fight on the Prairie / As Arkansas Duel / Poisoned Bride/ Attacked by Indians / The Trapper's Story / A Miraculous Escape / A Mother's Courage / A Daring Exploit / Rocky Mountain Perils. / The Dead Alive /
Fight with a Bear [Glass story]
/ Haunted House / Bill Luke's Rub / The Faithful Negro / The Guerrilla Queen / The Last Stake / Adventure of a Colporteur / A Night with the Wolves / Colonel Bowie of Arkansas / The Black Woman's First Love / A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
this picture is NOT in the book - just from the web
Hugh Glass (c. 1783 ?1833) was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, trader, hunter, and explorer.
In 1823, he was part of an expedition traveling through the plains in Missouri and South Dakota. He was attacked by a grizzly bear, which slashed him from head to foot. While the rest of the party moved on, two of its members, John Fitzgerald and young Jim Bridger, were left to tend to Glass. Instead, they took Glass's gun and gear and left him to die.
Despite his injuries Glass regained consciousness, but found himself abandoned without weapons or equipment. He had festering wounds, a broken leg, and deep cuts on his back that exposed his bare ribs. Glass lay mutilated and alone, more than 200 miles from the nearest American settlement at Fort Kiowa, on the Missouri River. The trip took 2 months.
Glass eventually caught up with Fitzgerald and Bridger, but Fitzgerald had joined the Army and was untouchable, and Bridger was spared by Glass in a gesture of unexpected kindness. Bridger went on to become one of the most famous mountain men, trappers, and scouts in the U.S. -- a legendary name in the Old West. Glass remained a nobody, and fate rewarded his compassion by having him killed in an Indian ambush a few years later in 1833.
His life story has been the basis of two feature-length films: Man in the Wilderness (1971) and The Revenant (2015).
A rare book - only 1 on ebay
Condition:
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as they are part of the description. I am human and sometimes miss a thing or 2, but I
try to mention the book's main faults
. all of my books are VERY OLD and have 100+ years of wear to varying degrees
very good to excellent condition.... for its age:
boards -
very secure, back cover has some bubbles and some scratch
textblock
- pages secure
outer joints
- very good
spine ends
- very good, some very light wear
tips
- very good
inner hinges
- very good
pages
- very clean - only 2 small spots / printed on nice paper!
writing
- 2 address stickers on front paste down + pencil date
rips /folds
- none
other:
- gilt is completely faded from the spine and starting to fade on the front cover
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