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Thorp, Raymond W., 1896-1966, author.
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Johnston, John, 1824?-1900.
Pioneers -- Montana -- Biography.
Trappers -- Montana -- Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Montana.
Montana -- Biography.
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Crow killer : the sa...
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Crow killer : the saga of Liver-Eating Johnson / Raymond W. Thorp and Robert Bunker ; new introduction by Nathan E. Bender.
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Thorp, Raymond W., 1896-1966, author.
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Subjects
Johnston, John, 1824?-1900.
Pioneers -- Montana -- Biography.
Trappers -- Montana -- Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Montana.
Montana -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780253020833 (paperback)
0253020832 (paperback)
Description:
xxxii, 174 pages : map ; 23 cm
Edition:
New edition.
Contents:
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.
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The true story 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.
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978.60109 Johnson Th
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