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Crow Killer

By: Raymond W. Thorp, Robert Bunker
Narrated by: Don Coltrane
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Publisher's summary

The true story (on which the film Jeremiah Johnson was partially based) 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.

©1958, 1969 Indiana University Press (P)2014 Redwood Audiobooks
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: History

Critic reviews

“It's a robust story, almost incredible...This is the stuff of folklore at its authentic best.” (The New York Times Book Review)
"Warrants a place on any shelf of Western Americana.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

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good book

good story narrator could have been better,tried to sound moutain,came off sounding mentally challenged,made Johnson sound like and oaf more than dangerous no matter what the material related. The story however was awesome

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FANTASTIC BOOK

This is by far my most favorite book of all time. The humor and fierceness and strong character development and storytelling just brought this tale to life! this is a must read for almost anyone I'd say.

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a great read

dont listen to the other reviewers who complained about the accents of the narrator being laid on thick, or about the pace of reading being slow, or that the characters were illiterate. this is a great read and of great historical relevance. I think the narrator did great with the accents and country people speak slow even today so pay those tenderfoot reviewers no mind.

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Great Book!!!

Very informative book, fascinating stories of a time gone bye. The accents that were complained about, I found endearing.

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Awesome story

Great story to listen to especially if you enjoyed the movie Jerimiah Johnson. I know these are tall tales but must of been an incredible time to live.

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the real story of Jeremiah Johnson

I think I've read the book 3 times. the listen was even better. a really great story.

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Excellent

I hated for it to end. We owe a great debt to this man & those that were similar to him.

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great history

loved the history. great description.
easy to follow. I recommend it for t hi use who like historic books

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The Movie had nothing on this

I'm a huge fan of Robert Redford's Jeremiah Johnson, but I have to admit that it's a distant second to this book. Understandably, you can't cram everything into a movie that you find in the book, but having an accurate account of the life of the legendary mountain man portrayed by the narrator is extremely satisfying to one who is hungry to learn as much as he can about Johnson. It was also interesting to see that DelQue was much of the book's support. There was much more to comment on, but I also want to give a huge note of gratitude to the narrator's performance...superb to say the least!.

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Narrator was a bit too slow. I listened at 1.25x speed which made it better but the sentences don’t always flow together that way. I would recommend reading the actual book, not necessarily listening to the audiobook.

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