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Review
"Beautifully written."--"Kansas City Star"
"Told in a lively and readable style, with many anecdotes and graphic descriptions and an admirable sense of the underlying drama."--"New York Times"
"The best and most complete account of the whole melancholy business that has been written. A careful piece of work well documented and . . . temperately presented."--"London Times Literary Supplement"
"Excellent story of the . . . extermination of the free-roaming herds in less than three decades . . . [no other book] approaches this one in its selection of outstanding events in the march of history."--"Utah Historical Quarterly"
About the Author
E. Douglas Branch (1905-1954) is also the author of "The Cowboy and His Interpreters," His mentor, J. Frank Dobie, is the author of many books, including "The Voice of the Coyote" (available as a Bison Book). New to this edition is an introduction by Andrew C. Isenberg, an assistant professor of history at Princeton University who is writing a book-length study of the bison.
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Hunting Of The Buffalo (Bison Book)
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University of Nebraska Press, 1962
ISBN 10: 0803250215
ISBN 13: 9780803250215
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The Hunting of the Buffalo
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University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A., 1962
ISBN 10: 0803250215
ISBN 13: 9780803250215
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Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. (Bison Book) Intro. by J. Frank Dobie. (1st Thus) Trade paperback, dark orange background with illustration of bison on front wrapper, spine and portion of back wrapper, praise on back from New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, George Bird Grimmel in Saturday Review, Los Angeles Times Literary Supplement and more, 240 lightly browned pages, many full-page illustrations throughout. Light wear to top tips, microcrease at bottom front tip, very tiny nicks at spine top and bottom left edges, very tiny surface wear spot at spine bottom right, micronick at bottom back edges. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 24264