This was another book I had to finish before I go out to California, because I can't renew it again. It was a pretty quick read!
Like everyone else, I heard about this book after the movie came out, which is now famous for winning Leo DiCaprio his first Oscar. The movie is rated R, but it is based on a bear mauling so I decided to tread carefully. But besides the bloody description (and I'm sure horrific portrayal on the screen) of Leo's attack, it was a very clean book.
This is based on the legend of Hugh Glass, who a fur trapper that was attacked by a bear and left to die. His wounds were partially stitched up and taken care of, but he was essentially scalped and had his throat torn open so it didn't look good. He was robbed by the two men who were left behind to help bury him when he died, and he recovered by the sheer willpower and the desire for revenge. He crawled across hundreds of miles until he was strong enough to walk, and survived 2 attacks by the Native Americans. He somehow managed to catch up with his original fur trapping crew, but the man who was behind his being robbed had already deserted the crew. So he set off for them. Somehow Hugh outlasted 2 whole crews of men that went with him on different missions.
While this is obviously very much fictional, it is amazing to think that this was based on a real man who actually did survive a bear attack. He had no knife, no gun, nothing and he still made it. I won't say if he caught up with the man who robbed him (because that's his whole mission so you need to read it all!), but it is a thriller for sure.
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