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Steve mentions that auction group number four includes 'a signed copy of Ridgeline by two time podcast guest Michael punk' (likely Michael Punke). This is being auctioned as part of their Auction House of Oddities fundraiser.

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The main subject of the podcast interview. Introduced early as Punke's 'forthcoming book' which is 'now' available. The entire interview discusses this book about the Fetterman Fight of 1866. Punke describes it as his 'second novel.'

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Punke's forthcoming novel (to be published in June of the following year) based on the Fetterman Fight of 1866, which was the worst US military defeat until the Battle of Little Big Horn. The book tells the story from multiple perspectives including Native American viewpoints.

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The host introduces Michael Punke, stating 'We're visiting with Michael Pump, who wrote The Revenant' and discussing his forthcoming book. This is explicitly identified as Punke's book.

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The main topic of the podcast. Michael Punke is the guest discussing his historical novel about Hugh Glass, a mountain man who was mauled by a bear and left for dead, then crawled 200 miles seeking revenge. The book was later adapted into a major motion picture.

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Mentioned as a forthcoming book ('his new book that's coming out') about the Fetterman fight, a historical battle. The speaker notes that in this battle, the Sioux killed about 84 US soldiers mostly with bows and arrows, with about 2,000 warriors against 84 soldiers.

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Punke describes this as his nonfiction book about a mining disaster in Butte, Montana in 1917, told in a narrative, novelistic style but completely factual.

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Punke's book about the buffalo and conservation, focusing on George Bird Grinnell, a 19th century hunter-conservationist who was instrumental in saving the buffalo from extinction and preserving Yellowstone National Park.