The Buffalo Book: The Full Saga of the American Animal

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Sage Books, 1974 - Nature - 374 pages
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.

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Contents

Introduction
1
Millions on the Prairies and Plains
20
The Wild Plains Buffalo
30
Copyright

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About the author (1974)

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 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.

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