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