LORD GRIZZLY

by Frederick Manfred ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 23, 1954

The early days of the fur trade, its scouts, trappers and their life, background the larger than life exploits of Hugh Glass, whose independence and determination got him into and out of more than one curious fix. When whites were ""skulped"", Indians ""red devils"" and ""buffler"" roaming, ""this child"" took out from Major Henry's party when he was ordered to shave off his beard and had a mighty battle with a bear; was left for dead and made his way -- broken leg, torn back and without weapons -- over a hundred miles back to Fort Kiowa. Certain he was saved for something special, he sought out Jim Bridger and Fitz Fitzgerald for their cowardice when they deserted him; sought and found and learned his long hatred had been in vain. A frontier legend, this salutes the mountain men, their wily Indian enemies and the grim endurance which widened prairie and mountain horizons.

Pub Date: Sept. 23, 1954

ISBN: 0803281188

Page Count: -

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1954

Categories: FICTION