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1 online resource (436 pages) |
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Front Cover; Other titles; Title Page; Copyright; INTRODUCTION; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; BOOK I. THE REPUBLICAN HERD; CHAPTER I. The Portentous Men of 'Sixty-seven; CHAPTER II. Lord of the Plains; CHAPTER III. A Revenge-and New Markets; CHAPTER IV. Big Guns and a Roaring Blizzard; CHAPTER V. The Royal Hunt; BOOK II. THE CROSSING OF THE ARKANSAS; CHAPTER VI. Dodge City, The Daughter of The Hide Men; CHAPTER VII. Southward into Indian Country; CHAPTER VIII. Attack On Adobe Walls; CHAPTER IX. Toward The Brazos; CHAPTER X. Two Big Kills; CHAPTER XI. Dead Men and Comanche |
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BOOK III. RETREAT TO THE STAKED PLAINSCHAPTER XII. The Eden of The Animals; CHAPTER XIII. The Time of the Flights; BOOK IV. THE NORTHERN HERD; CHAPTER XIV. Along The Winter Yellowstone; CHAPTER XV. The End of The Dream; BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE GENERAL READER; University of Nebraska Press; Back Cover |
| Summary |
In 1867 conservative estimates put the number of buffaloes in the trans-Missouri region at fifteen million. By the end of the 1880s, that figure had dwindled to a few hundred. The destruction of the great herds is the theme of The Buffalo Hunters. Mari Sandoz's vast canvas is charged with color and excitement-accounts of Indian ambushes, hairbreadth escapes, gambling and gunfights, military expeditions, and famous frontier characters such as Wild Bill Hickok, Lonesome Charlie Reynolds, Buffalo Bill, Sheridan, Custer, and Indian chiefs Whistler, Yellow Wolf, Spotted Tail, and Sittin |
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Print version record |
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
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American bison hunting -- History -- 19th century
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Hunters -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
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Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
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Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
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American bison hunting.
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Ecology.
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Frontier and pioneer life.
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Hunters.
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Indians of North America.
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Pioneers.
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West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93004749
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West (U.S.) -- Environmental conditions
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West United States.
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History.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0803246005 |
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9780803246003 |
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