[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]mbdix wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
Just finished this book about John Johnston, aka Liver-Eating Johnson (his last name is spelled both ways), and he has got to be one of The toughest sumbitches I’ve ever heard about in my life.
The 1970’s movie, “Jeremiah Johnson,” starring Robert Redford was based on his character but the real deal was oh so much more of a stallion than the pathetic role Redford portrayed.
His feats of physical and mental strength are especially noteworthy on a website like this one too. Some truly amazing accounts – no exaggeration.
Read this book if biographies of strong, rough, sturdy, violent, impressive, independent men are up your alley.
And unlike most mountain men he died of old age in of all places, Los Angeles.
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Cool. Good timing, I have been casually looking for something to read aside from all my study material.[/quote]
Author said Johnston was 6’2", 250. Even when he made it to his mid-60’s he was said to be the strongest man around. Incredible fighting skills too. Probably experienced more hand to hand combat than anyone I’ve ever read about.
He was said to have killed over 300 Indians by ones, twos and threes, many of them with his bare hands. The Crows put a bounty on him and commissioned 20 extraordinary braves to hunt him down one by one and kill him. He killed every single one of them over the course of 10 years.
The “Jeremiah Johnson” movie was a mild, placid joke compared to the book.[/quote]
I don’t think I have ever heard of him. I don’t remember the movie either. Sounds like that is a good thing. Very cool. This will be my next book. Like I said, great timing