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Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West
Last Stand George Bird Grinnell the Battle to Save the Buffalo and the Birth of the New West
Author: Michael Punke
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 considere...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780803226807
ISBN-10: 0803226802
Publication Date: 9/1/2009
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Bison Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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