Revenant a novel of revenge

Customer Reviews

Thorndike Press is a leading publisher of large-print books. The company publishes more than 1, new large print titles each year, with the vast majority focused on large-print editions of current bestsellers and genre fiction. Also included are anthologies and collections, biographies and quality nonfiction titles. Twelve titles shipped every quarter. Actual Large Print covers may be different from those shown. A thrilling tale of betrayal and revenge set against the nineteenth-century American frontier, this is the astonishing story of real-life trapper and frontiersman Hugh Glass — a remarkable tale of obsession, the human will stretched to its limits, and the lengths a man will go to for vengeance.

Our story begins with the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. While trapping beavers along the Missouri River, the group gets involved in a battle with the Arikara tribe, a battle that eventually ropes in the U. To everyone's surprise, the much larger U. Despite this, the company sends out a group led by Captain Andrew Henry to continue trapping. The expedition is tense from moment one, but it gets way worse after Hugh Glass, one of the toughest dudes on the team, is attacked by a bear. Although he manages to kill it, Glass looks like he's gonna die from his wounds. After a failed attempt to drag Glass along with them on a stretcher, Henry offers to pay two men to stay behind with Glass while he dies, after which they'll meet back up with the group.

The novel was later adapted as a screenplay for a feature film directed by Alejandro G. Many of the outdoor adventures depicted in the novel are based on Punke's outdoor interests and hobbies, such as fishing and exploring the backcountry, which he enjoyed while growing up in Wyoming. The novel was republished in January in anticipation of the upcoming film release, but Punke's role as an ambassador to the World Trade Organization WTO prevented him from participating in pre-release publicity. Reception of the novel has been largely positive. Publishers Weekly described the novel as "Told in simple expository language, this is a spellbinding tale of heroism and obsessive retribution. When reviewing the novel for its re-release to coincide with the film, critic Brian Ted Jones described the novel as not fulfilling the expectation of "the novel's higher bar", describing it as more like Punke's non-fiction, and stylistically not very well executed. Development of The Revenant began in August , with producer Akiva Goldsman acquiring the rights to Punke's unpublished manuscript for The Revenant.