Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West
by:
Michael Punke (author)
In the last three decades of the nineteenth century, an American buffalo herd once numbering 30 million animals was reduced to twenty-three. It was the era of Manifest Destiny, a gilded age that viewed the West as nothing more than a treasure chest of resources to be dug up or shot down....
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In the last three decades of the nineteenth century, an American buffalo herd once numbering 30 million animals was reduced to twenty-three. It was the era of Manifest Destiny, a gilded age that viewed the West as nothing more than a treasure chest of resources to be dug up or shot down. Supporting hide hunters was the U.S. Army, which considered the eradication of the buf
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780803226807 (0803226802)
ASIN: 803226802
Publisher: Bison Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
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