Jeremiah Johnson. Poster of the 1972 movie and cover of the 1965 book, Mountain Man
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Mountain Man
Vardis Fisher, 1965
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Sydney Pollack, 1972

Mexican War veteran Jeremiah Johnson takes up the life of a mountain man, supporting himself in the Rocky Mountains as a trapper, but he becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.


Jeremiah Johnson. Poster of the 1972 movie and cover of the 1959 book, Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson
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Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson
Raymond W. Thorp, Robert Bunker, 1959
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Sydney Pollack, 1972

Mexican War veteran Jeremiah Johnson takes up the life of a mountain man, supporting himself in the Rocky Mountains as a trapper, but he becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by the Crow tribe and proves to be a match for their warriors in single combat on the early frontier.


Cinderella Liberty. Poster of the 1973 movie and cover of the 1973 book
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Cinderella Liberty
Darryl Ponicsan, 1973
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Mark Rydell, 1973

John Baggs Jr. is a US Navy sailor who falls in love with Maggie, an attractive woman hustling sailors at a pool table. John will becoming a surrogate father figure for Maggie’s bi-racial 10-year-old son Doug during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.