The Great Buffalo Hunt
- ISBN-10
- 0803250673
- ISBN-13
- 9780803250673
- Category
- History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
- Pages
- 324
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1959
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Author
- Wayne Gard
Description
This book describes the great hunt of buffaloes from 1871-1883 for their hides as a factor in the conquest of the west. Its Introductory chapters oon the habits of the buffalo on what the animal meant to the plains Indians and on the hunting for the sport are included only as a backdrop for the dramatc action of the gatherers of the hides.
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