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The Revenant A Novel of Revenge

Michael Punke

A fictional account of a real-life story of survival on the American frontier chronicles the adventures and exploits of fur trapper Hugh Glass who is attacked by a grizzly bear and abandoned by his fellow trappers who believe that he is mortally wounded and describes how Glass, left alone and defens...

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The MeatEater Podcast

It was discussed at length, focusing on its historical accuracy and the author's own feelings about the movie adaptation. The author also mentioned the book's non-Hollywood ending, contrasting it with the movie's altered conclusion.

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I have pretty thick skin and I'm happy to talk about The Revenant and I'll say good things about it first because there's a lot of reasons why I'm happy that movie got made.

— Episode: Ep. 236: Crawling Back from the Dead wit...

Episode: Ep. 236: Crawling Back from the Dead with Michael...

It was discussed at length, focusing on its historical accuracy and the author's own feelings about the movie adaptation. The author also mentioned the book's non-Hollywood ending, contrasting it with the movie's altered conclusion.

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I have pretty thick skin and I'm happy to talk about The Revenant and I'll say good things about it first because there's a lot of reasons why I'm happy that movie got made.

But you know, but there's, I've got my own qualms with, as a historian and somebody who cares about history, I've got my nits to pick with The Revenant, but let me be clear.

In reading The Revenant, you solved for me a thing I never understood. And it was a detail that I really appreciated because I like details.

In reading The Revenant, the thing I really appreciate it was- I knew you were going to come around to this.

watching your book being made into a movie is like watching an oxen turned into a bullion cube.

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