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Discussed as a book about Claude Dallas, a trapper who killed game wardens. The host suggests this as a potential book topic for Buddy Levy, noting that Jack Olsen wrote about it but a lot happened after that book was published.

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This is Buddy Levy's book about Davy Crockett, discussed extensively throughout the interview covering Crockett's life, political career, and death at the Alamo.

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Buddy Levy's forthcoming book (releasing December 3) about the Greeley Arctic expedition of 1881-1884, discussing the expedition's scientific mission, survival challenges, and tragic outcome.

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Referenced when discussing the Jeannette ship that went missing two years before the Greeley expedition. Hampton Sides wrote about this expedition and the ship's captain DeLong.

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Mentioned as one of the major source books about the Greeley expedition. Buddy Levy's first reader was reading it and noticed the title gave away how many survivors there would be.

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Referenced when discussing cannibalism during the Greeley expedition. The book contains a memorable line about the whaleship Essex tragedy where someone says about a crew member: 'Know him? I ate him.'