INDIAN KILLER The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson

Hardback. The authentic background story of the Famous Western Mountain Man, Hunter and Trapper. One May morning in 1847, John Johnson, a trapper, returned to his Rocky Mountain cabin to find the remains of his Indian wife, killed by Crow braves in his absence, and of her unborn child. From that moment, Johnson vowed vengeance on the Crow nation. Tracking its warriors singly or in groups, he killed 300 of them, scalped them, and ate their livers. His strength, his skill, and his sagacity became legendary. Among the tough mountain men who ranged the hostile Northwest country, Liver-eating Johnson towered as one of the mightiest. The details of Johnson's saga tells of hardships, cruelty and courage and an implacable hatred for the marauders who killed the woman he loved. Illus. + Frontis., map eps. 190pp. 8vo. h/back. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to sp. Vg+ in protected Vg+ dw. which has small closed tear to back cover.