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1) The revenant
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English
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The year is 1823, and the trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier life. Trapping beaver, they contend daily with the threat of Indian tribes turned warlike over the white men's encroachment on their land, and other prairie foes -- like the unforgiving landscape and its creatures. Hugh Glass is among the Company's finest men, an experienced frontiersman and an expert tracker. But when a scouting mission puts him face-to-face...
2) Snowbound
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English
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This novel is based on the experience of American explorer John Frm̌ont and his attempt to find a railway route to the West along the 38th parallel, when he becomes trapped in the snowbound Colorado mountains and must fight his way out.
3) Lord Grizzly
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English
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In the 1820s, Hugh Glass became a legendary figure in the West when he managed to survive after his friends deserted him when he was attacked and seriously injured by a grizzly bear.
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2017.
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English
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"GREAT FOR FANS OF GARY PAULSEN'S SURVIVAL STORIES AND READERS WHO ENJOYED THE REVENANT BY MICHAEL PUNKE. In autumn, 1849, 14-year-old Janette Riker travels westward to Oregon Territory with her father and two brothers. Before crossing the Rockies, they stop briefly to hunt buffalo. The men leave camp early on the second day ... and never return. Based on actual events, and told in diary format, Stranded is the harrowing account of young Janette...
5) Wilderness
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Pub. Date
1994.
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English
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Life and death in the American Wilderness where trapper John Colter ran and climbed 150 miles to escape Blackfoot warriors and hunter Hugh Glass crawled 100 miles after a bear attack.
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2016.
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English
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Snowbound: American explorer John Frémont embarks on a quest to find a railway route to the west along the 38th parallel. His fourth expedition, into the American west in the dead of winter, proves more challenging than anticipated. Trapped, snowbound, in the Colorado mountains, Frémont must battle the frigid elements in a harrowing journey over the backbone of the continent. This novel of desperate danger and fierce courage is a survival saga par...
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