[Analysis] The Revenant: (A Novel of Revenge) by Michael Punke

The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge by Michael Punke | Summary & Analysis

Michael Punke’s novel tells the gripping adventures of real life frontiersman Hugh Glass during his time with the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. Punke highlights the bear attack that nearly cost Glass his life and would forever alter his course as he obsessed over exacting revenge on the two men who abandoned him at his most vulnerable moment.

Frontiersman Hugh Glass has led a life of adventure, but nothing prepares him for the horrific events that play out in August of 1823. Glass is one of the more experienced men with the Rocky Mountain Fur Company expedition that sets out from St. Louis. His captain relies on his keen tracking skills and this ability leads him on a scouting mission along the Grand River. But even Glass’s extensive knowledge of the wilderness is no match for the rage of a grizzly bear trying to protect her cubs.

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