• Grizzly Killer: The Making of a Mountain Man

  • By: Lane R Warenski
  • Narrated by: Chase Bradley
  • Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (352 ratings)

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Grizzly Killer: The Making of a Mountain Man

By: Lane R Warenski
Narrated by: Chase Bradley
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When Zach Connors and his pa left their Kentucky homestead in the summer of 1824 to see the Rocky Mountains, he didn't realize he would never see his childhood home again or that he would find love, friendship, fame, and a new home in this wild and harsh wilderness.

After a grizzly kills his pa, Zach struggles to survive a cold and brutal winter alone. After killing a rouge grizzly and fighting hostile Indians on his own, he becomes known as Grizzly Killer and is respected throughout the West.

Along with his dog, Jimbo, whom the Indians call the Great Medicine Dog, he finds Running Wolf, an injured Ute warrior, and together they fight off a hostile war party. They rescue two Shoshone sisters from the brutality of a French trapper and take them as wives. After Zach saves Running Wolf's beautiful sister, Shining Star, he is expected to take her as a second wife, but his Christian beliefs conflict with the Indian traditions, and he struggles within himself to accept the Indian ways.

Set in the rugged Uinta Mountains of Northern Utah, this is a story of survival against nature and hostile Indians and the clash of cultures between the Indians and mountain men that were the first to brave this uncharted wilderness, seeking their fortune from the pelts of the beaver.

©feb 11th, 2017 Wolfpack Publishing (P)2017 Wolfpack Publishing

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A mighty righteous Grizz killer. Not worth the money

I was lured in the with the Jeremiah Johnson-esk storyline presented in the summary and decent narration, plus the entire series has been an Amazon bestseller... Unfortunately beyond the first couple chapters things quickly fall to pieces. First and foremost there are waaaay too many uses of the words “mighty” and “right” and about a quarter of the way into the novel the obligatory squaw ‘story arch’ begins and our masculine “Grizzly Killer” quickly becomes a “mighty right” “white knight” post-modern egalitarian (who like a good ‘beta’ needs a small native woman to show him how sex works and how being naked in every chapter is ‘natural’) the whole arch takes you right out of the 1820’s and drops you into the modern apologist wet dream. Worse it then attempts to project European attitudes and values onto the natives (through the protagonist teaching them better of course). Difficult situations which would have otherwise made this story more interesting are simply written out to keep the protagonists morality squeaky clean... this kills the story for a good many chapters, and just when you think your clear of it, there is a rape and turns out, the dog is a “white knight” too!... What began as an interesting mountain man adventure novel quickly devolves into Don Quixote and his loyal servant Sancho Panza ridding around the Utah territory defending all m’ladies honor from the “white men” of ill repute. Needless to say I won’t be reading the remaining books in the series and am not sure why this is a “bestseller”. In the meantime I’ll be sticking with Louis l’Amour.

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The Daily Life of a Mountain Man

I read one of the books in the series and liked it enough to try out this first book in the series.

The book is well written and researched. Warenski does a good job writing a historical fiction. The author presents details about the daily life of a mountain man. Warenski reveals what life was like for the first men moving into the west and the rugged life they lived. The story takes place sometime around the 1820s. The characters are interesting as is the plot. The book makes an interesting read.

The book is eight hours and twenty-six minutes. Chase Bradley does a good job narrating the book. Bradley is a voice actor and audiobook narrator. He has an excellent voice for narration.

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Mighty - Please don’t say it again!

This could have been a good book, but the first person narration used the word - mighty - so many times I began to think I was listening to a parody of a mountain man tale.

Don’t bother beginning this series. It’s silly.

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Great Mountain Man Yarn !

Entertaining male fantasy - huntin', fishin', naked wet women, fightin', loyal dog, loyal mule, loyal friends, being the best.

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To corny of a story line and not written well.

I usually enjoy books dated back in the fur trapper era and I tried to give this one a chance even after not liking it the first hour of listening, but It just grew worse as I listened on. there were a few unrealistic situations that would have played out much differently in real life. I also didn't like how it was written and the choice of words used, half the vocabulary of this book consists of the words "might" "right" and "figured" way to much and grew extremely repetitive. It also just felt like a book about a boy a dog and a mule playing cabin in the woods somewhere.

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Entertaining cool story

Very entertaining story. Well written , and well read. Has a very distinct diary style and perfectly reflects the feel of the Rocky Mointain fur trade era. Liked it a lot, and downloading book II now.

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terrible writing. terrible reading.

this is the worst riding I've ever seen. this is literally like second grade reading level 7 and 8 year old children would say this riding is terrible you're welcome for the heads up

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Entertaining, engrossin

This book has a simple, but very well told story. It is entertaining and always had my attention. The author's attention to detail made me feel like I was there.

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Fun Read

I liked the character and the names of the Indians. I think it was realistic for a mountain man.

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Average l! Probably a story for YA

I would say it’s a juvenile writing and would be foe YA at best except for the naked and sex talk. Nothing graphic at all but not really sure why it’s thrown in when the writing seems a bit juvenile.
I love a good mountain man yarn tho and so would love to hear that the writing gets better and maybe a change of narrator also. This fella adds to the overall juvenile vibe of the entire book.
And the other reviews that mention how exhausting it was to hear that the word “mighty” was used A MIGHTY amount of times were spot on!!! It got to a ridiculous point very early in to be honest! I’m gonna see what the next book sounds like and if the narrator is the same and make my decision whether to carry on with the series but I’m doubtful and honestly feeling like I’ll probably be wasting another credit. A great idea would be to offer the entire series or maybe in blocks of three for one credit since I heard it’s a very long series. That might make it a really enticing deal! Otherwise I’m pretty sure I’m not gonna be able to stick with it if it doesn’t get majorly better!

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