Buffalo Book: The Full Saga Of The American Animal
by David A. Dary
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This survey of the entire history of the buffalo gives special emphasis to early twentieth century efforts to save the animal from extinction. The Pablo-Allard buffalo herd on the Flathead and it's importance in preserving the animal are discussed in a chapter "Those who saved the buffalo" (p. 222-240). A chapter on the white buffalo (p. 206-221) pays considerable attention to the National Bison Range.Tags
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Interesting stories, well-written, but rather elementary in its approach. It would have been better for me to have had a more scientific approach to the book. The author was a journalist so that was not going to happen. The random and obscure stories were interesting and relevant, there just needed to be more substance.
An excellent source book about the dominant life form on the great plains of North America. I have always found them thrilling animals, and they formed such a large part of the history of the native peoples of Western north America. This should be essential reading for environmentalists and Western Historians.
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David Dary is a writer, journalist, and social historian. Dary worked for newspapers in Kansas and Texas early on in his career and eventually moved on to work for both CBS and NBC news. He then took the position of professor at the William Allan White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas. The themes of Dary's books center on many show more aspects of life in the western United States. Dary has written Red Blood and Black Ink: Journalism in the Old West, Entrepreneurs of the Old West, and Seeking Pleasure in the Old West, which received a Western Writers of America Spur Award. He has also received a Cowboy Hall of Fame Wrangler Award and the Westerner's International Award for his book Cowboy Culture. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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