Novels Based on True Stories
You Won't Believe These Novels Are Inspired by True Stories
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Better known as "the movie that finally got Leonardo DiCaprio his Oscar," The Revenant actually began as a novel by Michael Punke, based on an unbelievable true story. Hugh Glass is a 19th-century trapper in the Rocky Mountains. When he is attacked by a grizzly bear, his colleagues leave him for dead instead of assisting him. Hugh survives and begins a cross-country trek in search of revenge.