Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Author Michael Punke is not able to publicly talk about The Revenant due to his work with the U.S. State Department. Hugh Glass is classified info, ladies and gentlemen. (Source)
Although Punke quotes some historical evidence in his favor during the afterword of the novel, there is some debate over whether Jim Bridger—an explorer who would become famous in his own right—was one of the two men who abandoned Glass. (Source)
Speaking of Jim Bridger, he would eventually become the first white guy to see the Great Salt Lake in Utah, although some historians attribute this accomplishment to a French trapper. (Source)