Bibliograph

Last stand, George Bird Grinnell, the battle to save the buffalo, and the birth of the new West, Michael Punke

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Last stand, George Bird Grinnell, the battle to save the buffalo, and the birth of the new West, Michael Punke

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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portraitsillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Last stand

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Michael Punke

Sub title

George Bird Grinnell, the battle to save the buffalo, and the birth of the new West

Summary

In the last three decades of the nineteenth century, an American buffalo herd once numbering 30 million animals was reduced to twelve. In an era that treated the West as nothing more than a treasure chest of resources to be dug up and shot down, the buffalo was a commodity, hounded by hide hunters seeking to make their fortunes. Supporting them was the US Army, which considered the eradication of the buffalo essential to victory in its ongoing war on Native Americans. Into this maelstrom rode young George Bird Grinnell. A scientist and a journalist, a hunter and a conservationist, Grinnell would lead the battle to save the buffalo and preserve an American icon from extinction

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