It comes about comes 24 minutes in. Fur-trapper Hugh Glass, played by a hirsute, bundled-up Leonardo DiCaprio, has helped his fellow trappers escape a harrowing Arikara massacre.

That Hugh Glass was one tough hombre. As The Revenant (starring Leonardo DiCaprio) expands nationwide Friday, it poses the question of just who the legendary 19th-century frontiersman really was.

FARGO — Hugh Glass had quite the resumé, even for a mountain man. His life story, with important connections to what would become Dakota Territory, has inspired songs, poems, novels and now a ...

Survival thrillers put the spotlight on human resilience, pushing protagonists (and viewers) to the edge. With minimal ...

After raking up Oscar nominations year after year, Leonardo DiCaprio finally earned a golden statuette for playing the ravenous protagonist in The Revenant.

With “The Revenant” accruing multiple Academy Award nominations, it seems inevitable that the sweeping outdoor adventure movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio playing 1800s fur-trapper Hugh Glass ...

The story of frontiersman and trapper Hugh Glass is a thrilling one and it appears that... Hugh Glass, hero of Leonard DiCaprio's 'Revenant' had ties to Galveston area, pirate Jean Lafitte ...

In the traditional survival story, a lone man battles the elements, slays predators, and emerges as nature’s conqueror. Books ranging from “Jaws” to multiple accounts of Antarctic ...

As I left the theater after viewing the award-winning movie “The Revenant,” I thought, “Hugh Glass must be spinning in his grave.” The movie was never meant to be an accurate historical ...