The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge - Hardcover

Punke, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786710276 ISBN 13: 9780786710270

Publisher: Avalon Publishing Group, 2002

Synopsis

A fictional account of a real-life story of survival on the American frontier chronicles the adventures and exploits of fur trapper Hugh Glass who is attacked by a grizzly bear and abandoned by his fellow trappers who believe that he is mortally wounded and describes how Glass, left alone and defenseless, manages to survive and trek thousands of miles through the wilderness to seek justice.

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Review:

‘A spellbinding tale of heroism and obsessive retribution’ Publishers Weekly

‘A superb revenge story . . . Punke has added considerably to our understanding of human endurance and of the men who pushed west in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark – a significant feat’ Washington Post

Synopsis:

A startling novel, all the more compelling because its tale of unimaginable human endurance is true, The Revenant unfolds the toll of envy and betrayal as well as the powers of obsession and vengeance in the battle of fur trapper Hugh Glass, first for his life and then for justice. It is 1823, two decades after the famous expedition of Lewis and Clark into the American wilderness, when thirty-six-year-old Hugh Glass joins the Rocky Mountain Fur Company in a speculative venture that takes him and ten other men up the Missouri River into perilous, unexplored territory. Not least among the dangers that await the trapping party is a natural killer, the grizzly bear, as Glass disastrously discovers. Attacked and savagely mauledhis scalp nearly torn off, his back deeply lacerated, his throat clawed openGlass is lying unconscious when his fellow trappers find him. Against all odds, he is still drawing breath three days later.

Anxious to proceed unencumbered by the portage of Glass's mortally wounded body, the captain of the expedition pays two volunteersJohn Fitzgerald, a mercenary, and young Jim Bridger (the future legendary mountain man)to stay behind and bury Glass when his time comes. Fitzgerald soon loses patience and leaves, taking Glass's rifle. Horrified by Fitzgerald's thievery but more terrified of being left behind with a dying man, Bridger also leaves, with Glass's knife. Deserted and defenseless, the profoundly angry Glass vows his own survival. Miraculously trekking his way through two thousand miles of uncharted wilderness, Glass indeed becomes a revenanta man who has returned vengefully from death to balance the scales of justice. His quest will leave readers breathless. This amazing true story of frontiersman Hugh Glass is a powerful debut novel -- and soon-to-be Warner Bros. film -- of survival and vengeance in America's West.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avalon Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0786710276
• ISBN 13: 9780786710270
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320