Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch - Hardcover

O'Brien, Dan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375503250 ISBN 13: 9780375503252

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2001

Synopsis

A rancher and author of The Rites of Autumn describes how he struggled for years to make a success of his ranch, the Broken Heart, at the foot of South Dakota's Black Hills, an effort that led to his efforts to restore the grasslands of the region by bringing back the buffalo to the Great Plains. 20,000 first printing.

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Review:

" [Dan O' Brien] by God can tell a story....This is the book you need to read next."
-- Bill McKibben, "The Boston Globe"
" A deeply felt story of life on the Great Plains that strays through time and history, touching again and again on the two great themes of the place-- rapture and ruin-- and finds its way finally to Dan O' Brien' s patient heart."
-- Pete Dexter
" This is a bold, brave, and beautifully written book that should be required reading for every cattleman and beef eater in America."
-- "Outside"
" Dan O' Brien' s memoir is a poignant portrayal of our link to the land, and to each other. As personal as a confession and as sweeping as the South Dakota sky, Buffalo for the Broken Heart will leave you entertained, moved, and changed."
-- Tom Daschle, majority leader, United States Senate

[Dan O Brien] by God can tell a story....This is the book you need to read next.
Bill McKibben, "The Boston Globe"
A deeply felt story of life on the Great Plains that strays through time and history, touching again and again on the two great themes of the place rapture and ruin and finds its way finally to Dan O Brien s patient heart.
Pete Dexter
This is a bold, brave, and beautifully written book that should be required reading for every cattleman and beef eater in America.
"Outside"
Dan O Brien s memoir is a poignant portrayal of our link to the land, and to each other. As personal as a confession and as sweeping as the South Dakota sky, Buffalo for the Broken Heart will leave you entertained, moved, and changed.
Tom Daschle, majority leader, United States Senate"

"[Dan O'Brien] by God can tell a story....This is the book you need to read next."
--Bill McKibben, The Boston Globe

"A deeply felt story of life on the Great Plains that strays through time and history, touching again and again on the two great themes of the place--rapture and ruin--and finds its way finally to Dan O'Brien's patient heart."
--Pete Dexter

"This is a bold, brave, and beautifully written book that should be required reading for every cattleman and beef eater in America."
--Outside

"Dan O'Brien's memoir is a poignant portrayal of our link to the land, and to each other. As personal as a confession and as sweeping as the South Dakota sky, Buffalo for the Broken Heart will leave you entertained, moved, and changed."
--Tom Daschle, majority leader, United States Senate

About the Author:

Dan O'Brien, a writer and buffalo rancher, is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction about the West. He has worked as an endangered-species biologist and an English teacher. He lives in Whitewood, South Dakota.

From the Hardcover edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0375503250
• ISBN 13: 9780375503252
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 254