Across the Wide Missouri

[Desert Ratxx]

What are opinions on Mr. DeVoto's book? I'm torn between starting this one first or one on John Colter. Amazingly I scored both books in the same trip to the bookstore... I almost thought I won the lottery :grin:

 

That is a hard question. Both are excellent reads. Can ya read two books at a time. One eye on each book? :hmm:

 

[davy]

Speaking of which ... who has seen the old film of the same name (Across the Wide Missouri)... and currently has it on tape? :hmm: :grin:

Day

 

[Desert Ratxx]

OK, I can see how this is gonna go... I guess it's going to have to be the eeny meeny miney moe method cause Ima gonna start one of them right now.

 

[davy]

Shoot ... by the time someone answers it you would be half thru with one of them so pick one and go for it! :thumbsup:

Davy

 

[MikeChapin]

Speaking of which ... who has seen the old film of the same name (Across the Wide Missouri)... and currently has it on tape? :hmm: :grin:

Day

I have seen it a few times over the years. I saw it on the Western Channel about a year ago. It was the first movie I saw that had the hero (Clark Gable) shoot the bad guy (Ricardo Montalban) with a ramrod. It had pieces of the Mountain Lamb, Pierre's Hole and a few other stories all mixed together. Good flick actually. Better done than a lot of them for the early 50's.

I saw Amazon had a few new and used VHS. I guess it's not on DVD yet and that's a shame. Almost as bad as not having "Nate and Hayes" on DVD.

 

[MikeChapin]

I read "Across the Wide Missouri" years ago. Loaned it out and haven't seen it since.

It's a great book covering the decline and end of the Mountain Man era.

 

[oldwolf]

Funny thing is that I have been looking for this book too. Also, "Liver Eating Johnson" as well.

 

[Desert Ratxx]

I was surprised to walk out with two books. It's probably one of those things that had I been looking for them, they wouldn't have been there.

 

[davy]

BTW the film of the same name just was on sat tv last week I was lucky enuff to see it! :hatsoff:

Now if I could just get aholt of "Man in the Wilderness" with Richard Harris!:hmm:

Davy

 

Now if I could just get aholt of "Man in the Wilderness" with Richard Harris!:hmm:
Davy

Davy - did a Google search for MITW and found it on both DVD (copied) and on VHS (original)....

 

[T.C.Albert]

Grey Wolf...the credits said that the film version of "A.T.W.M." was made on location in Durango Colorado...beautiful location I'd say...
T.C. Albert

 

[rusty]

that is one of my favorite movie's and it was made in 1951 and for the time and the knowledge they had of the fur trade then I think they did ok.

 

[boar]

I got mine, Liver Johnson Crow Killer from Log Cabin Supply at Lodi Ohio. They had it in sept this year. They have a lot of good books. Dilly

 

Tim - that was filmed up around what is now Durango Mountain Resort, a ski area north of town. Country changes a bunch around here - I'm south of town and we're in the pinon/juniper high desert/rolling hills at around 6500' ASL. Go up a thousand feet and the country turns into pinewood forests with big meadows.
A bunch of films have been filmed around here including True Grit, Ride the High Country, and Naked Spur to name a few........

 

[RedFeather]

That's one of my favorite ML movies. As a side note, I saw an interview of Ricardo Montalban where he was asked how he stayed in such good physical condition? He replied that, while filming that movie, he fell of his horse and badly injured his back as he landed on a large boulder. The doctor recommended therapeutic exercises which he continued throughout his life. Haven't seen the movie since, but I will look to see if they filmed his fall.

 

[JOHN L. HINNANT]

Good Evening Redfeather,

The original movie with Clark Gable was filmed in the early/mid 1950's. A lot of original muzzle loaders were supplied by Stembridge (hope I spelled that right)

Anyway, everytime I see that movie, close attention is given to Mr. Gables's rifle. I keep thinking that it sure looks like an original "light" Hawken that was made for the St Louis local population.

Anyone else pay close attention to the details of that particular rifle?

Best regards and good shooting,

John L. Hinnant

God and Texas

If you are not an NRA or NMLRA Member, why not? I am carrying your load.