This week on the Bear Grease Podcast, we’ve got the third and final episode in our series on the extraordinary life of the former slave, confederate soldier, bear hunter and Mississippi native, Holt Collier. Many believe he deserves to sit in the saddle with the greats of American history, but his life is stacked deep in controversy, murder, fortunes won and lost, and unrivaled adventure. We’ve tracked all the data points we have on Holt, but like boar bear pursued by hounds, he’s difficult to course. This episode is dedicated to his famous Teddy Bear Hunt where he guided president, Theodore Roosevelt, AND we’ll discuss Holt’s lasting legacy. He lived in bold opposition to the trends of the age – he was a black man that overcame, endured and thrived in the South in a dangerous period, but even in the midst of victory, his life leaves us with a tragic aftertaste. The story of Holt’s life exemplifies core Bear Grease, it’s the finest renderings, the choice meat of the akern, the flash of the flashiest mule, the crescendo trill of the barred owl, it’s the black panther of all black panther stories and I’m honored to tell it to you….I doubt you’re going to want to miss this one.
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Ep. 160: BEAR GREASE [RENDER] - Songs & Bucks
Ep. 159: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Three Stories That Just Didn’t Fit
Ep. 158: Deer Stories - Passion and Lies (Part 3)
Ep. 157: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Hogs, Cows, and Elephants
Ep. 156: BEAR GREASE [RENDER] - The Element Guys
Ep. 155: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - 32 Years and 7 Months
Ep. 154: Deer Stories - Gruntin’, Missin’, Buckin’ & Tradbow Bucks (Part 2)
Ep. 153: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Dog Stories
Ep. 152: BEAR GREASE [RENDER] - Deer, Dogs, & Old Friends
Ep. 151: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Deer Camp
Ep. 150: Deer Stories - The Unexpected (Part 1)
Ep. 149: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - World Champion Squirrel Cook Off
Ep. 148: BEAR GREASE [RENDER] - World Champion Squirrel Cook Off
Ep. 147: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - Snakes!
Ep. 146: Alaska Stories (Part 2)
Ep. 145: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - My Journey as a Coon Hunter (Part 2)
Ep. 144: BEAR GREASE [RENDER] - Near Death & the Super Moon
Ep. 143: THIS COUNTRY LIFE - My Journey as a Coon Hunter (Part 1)
Ep. 142: Alaska Stories (Part 1)
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