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It was described as the genre's most influential and misunderstood book of all time, although presented as a biography, it is almost entirely based on inaccurate oral histories. The movie Jeremiah Johnson was based on this book and another.
According to IMDB, Jeremiah Johnson is based off of two books, although most just associate it with Crow Killer by Raymond Thorpe and Robert Bunker.
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Episode: Ep. 447: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXIII
It was described as the genre's most influential and misunderstood book of all time, although presented as a biography, it is almost entirely based on inaccurate oral histories. The movie Jeremiah Johnson was based on this book and another.
According to IMDB, Jeremiah Johnson is based off of two books, although most just associate it with Crow Killer by Raymond Thorpe and Robert Bunker.
One historian called it the genre's most influential and misunderstood book of all time.
The problem with Crow Killer is that it's presented as a biography, even though it's almost entirely based on inaccurate oral histories.