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Hugh Glass

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I imagine few lives have contained so many varied life threatening experiences as Hugh Glass', and few more deserving of legendary status. As sailor, reluctant pirate, honorary Pawnee and fur trapper he time and again escapes death from pirates, cannibals, human sacrifice, Indian ambush, grizzly mauling and frozen wilderness. His fending for himself while dragging his torn broken body hundreds of miles after the grizzly mauling being the most miraculous. The author admittedly takes some liberties in creating a narrative that is much more readable than any recitation of the facts could be. But the essence and significant events are all based on well documented facts. It's a very readable telling of an amazing story.

Enjoyable read. I have heard so much about Hugh Glass and knew of his name and some of his history, but not the full account. The man was a true man, with all of the colorful past that most Mountain Men had.

I have a deep love of the mountains and part of this comes from reading books, such as this, about the mountains, men, animals and the forces of nature which is wild and will never be tamed.

My husband and I enjoyed the story of Hugh Glass. We purchased the book as a result of seeing a program about him on the History Channel. Lots of those same things were in the book plus lots more. I feel the author took a considerable amount of artistic privilege with some of the items in the book but it was easy to detect the real facts and it all turned out to show that Hugh Glass was an amazingly adventurous, rugged, determined and versatile man. The author lets the reader know that he has taken some artistic license in the writing of the book . My husband and I liked the fact that Hugh Glass was portrayed as a man with a conscience. With all that in mind, I would highly recommend this book.

Mr. Bradley deserves kudos for spinning a readable, exciting story. But whoever edited this product should be fired with extreme prejudice. There are duplicated phrases and spelling and punctuation errors by the dozens. I ought to demand my money back: it really is that bad. If you can enjoy a book that makes you do its punctuation when someone is speaking, and one from a publisher who places quality of editorial work at the bottom of the scale, then buy it. Like I said, it's a great story (lots of artistic license taken with the facts, but I didn't care). Then go egg an editor's house just to get even.

Informative and interesting. I would recommend this book for any one interested in unusual stories of our early country settlement. An amazing story.

This books is a decent effort by a first time writer to give a good account of the adventures of Hugh Glass, an American mountain man who has been woefully neglected by history. Unfortunately the writer often repeats facts to a point where the adult reader would throw the book across the room.
Because Hugh's greatest adventure (his lone survival after being attacked by a mother grizzly and abandoned by his comrades) is one of hatred and revenge, the author focuses primarily on his life as a captive and reluctant pirate under the command of Jean Lafitte, and his life with the Pawnee.
I mistakenly believed this was a novel for an adult so I ordered it. If I were a ten or twelve year old boy I would have enjoyed it immensely. The book tends to be well researched with few historical errors so it could be used to make American history a bit more interesting to children who live in front of home video games.

This is a great book easy to read an can be read over a weekend. If you like history or adventure this book is for you!

It's a novel.

Don't be fooled (like I was) into believing this is a non-fictional work.

There is not one single footnote a reader can refer to to verify events. Long conversations take place, but only in the mind of the author. Events in the book are in the mind of the author (unless he provides footnotes, and he doesn't) and have no historical value.

This book is fiction.

I recommend that you buy the other book about Hugh Glass.