I didn’t read this as a child so I don’t have the benefit of nostalgia. This is a super weird book. It’ll take you an hour to read it. Give it a shot. I hope you like descriptions of how to butcher wildlife or make a balloon out of an animal bladder.

I could roll with that actually. I love a pioneer story.

The careless misogyny and racism got to me though. And the rampant physical discipline which is celebrated? Moralized?

The TV show must omit a lot of this.