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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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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.

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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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A biography of Hugh Glass described by Punke as 'entertaining and quirky,' written in the 1960s. Punke notes it has a very one-sided, politically incorrect view of Western history but contains interesting legends about Glass's life, including his capture by the pirate Jean Lafitte.

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A published historical journal that Steve Rinella has been discussing, consisting of daily accounts from someone who spent years at the mouth of the Muscle Shell River in Montana. A historian collected, published, and provided commentary on the journal, including trying to corroborate the existence of individuals mentioned in the entries.