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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461056403321

Autore

Thorp Raymond W. <1896-1966, >

Titolo

Crow killer : the saga of Liver-Eating Johnson / / Raymond W. Thorp and Robert Bunker ; new introduction by Nathan E. Bender

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indianapolis : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-253-02122-7

Edizione

[New edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Disciplina

978.6/01092

Soggetti

Pioneers - Montana

Trappers - Montana

Frontier and pioneer life - Montana

Electronic books.

Montana Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. The young trapper -- The making of a legend -- The hair merchants -- An apprenticeship -- A madness -- Oath of vengeance -- Part II. Liver-Eating Johnson -- A man's reputation -- Twined scalps -- Crow against Flathead -- Winter holiday, spring council -- A missing chapter -- Part III. A man among men -- The eighteenth warrior -- Captive of the Blackfeet -- Mountain-man rendezvous -- Boots and biscuits -- Portuguese Phillips -- A Sioux liver -- Monument for a foe's friend -- Target for Gray Bear -- Part IV. Brother of the Crows -- White chief of the Shoshoni -- Biscuits for Blackfeet -- A last departure -- Mariano and the Ute chief -- The Piegan princess -- Eight scalps for the Crows -- Part V. The old trapper -- Burial for Bear Claw -- Sheriff Johnson -- Last trail -- Lodge by the sea.