Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson: No. 312 (A Midland Book) - Softcover

Raymond W. Thorp, Jr.; Robert Bunker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253203120 ISBN 13: 9780253203120

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1983

Crow Killer The true story (on which the film Jeremiah Johnson was partially based) ofJohn Johnson, who in 1847 found his wife and her unborn child had been killed by Crow braves. Out of this tragedy came one of the most gripping feudsone man against a whole tribein American history. Full description

Product Description:

The true story (on which the film Jeremiah Johnson was partially based) of John Johnson, who in 1847 found his wife and her unborn child had been killed by Crow braves. Out of this tragedy came one of the most gripping feuds-one man against a whole tribe-in American history.

Review:

..". warrants a place on any shelf of Western Americana." San Francisco Chronicle, reviewing a previous edition or volume"

"Spectacular to repellent, this is a part of Western life as it must have been..." Kirkus Reviews, reviewing a previous edition or volume"

..". [Johnson] emerges as flesh and blood, with the emphasis on blood. His story is the material from which grand opera might be made." Saturday Review, reviewing a previous edition or volume"

"It s a robust story, almost incredible a saga of hardship, cruelty and terrible dangers through which John Johnson, tough and shrewd as he undoubtedly was, did not emerge unscathed. This is the stuff of folklore at its authentic best." New York Times Book Review, reviewing a previous edition or volume"

"It s a robust story, almost incredible a saga of hardship, cruelty and terrible dangers through which John Johnson, tough and shrewd as he undoubtedly was, did not emerge unscathed. This is the stuff of folklore at its authentic best." New York Times Book Review, reviewing a previous edition or volume

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..". warrants a place on any shelf of Western Americana." --San Francisco Chronicle, reviewing a previous edition or volume

"It's a robust story, almost incredible--a saga of hardship, cruelty and terrible dangers through which John Johnson, tough and shrewd as he undoubtedly was, did not emerge unscathed. This is the stuff of folklore at its authentic best." --New York Times Book Review, reviewing a previous edition or volume

..". [Johnson] emerges as flesh and blood, with the emphasis on blood. His story is the material from which grand opera might be made." --Saturday Review, reviewing a previous edition or volume

"Spectacular to repellent, this is a part of Western life as it must have been..." --Kirkus Reviews, reviewing a previous edition or volume

-... warrants a place on any shelf of Western Americana.- --San Francisco Chronicle, reviewing a previous edition or volume

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0253203120
• ISBN 13: 9780253203120
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192