A wealth of photographs, including rare reproductions of the long-lost glass plates of photographer George Robertson taken during an 1874 hunt, illustrate this exciting volume of Western Americana.
By the end of the 1880s that figure had dwindled to a few hundred. The destruction of the great herds is the theme of this book.
"In 1867 the plains were black with thunderous millions of buffaloes. By 1883 only a few hundred were left. Mis Sandoz has painted a brilliant cyclorama of this great change....
The Buffalo Hunters
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.
Charles M. Robinson III dramatically relates this tale with both vivid, brilliantly researched text and with evocative photographs and illustrations.
Thomas Atherton always dreamed of leaving Boston and heading west across the great frontier.
Nomads of the great plains, the ways of family and clan, a bounty from the wild beast, the timeless cycle of ceremony.
Buffalo Hunter Dave Larabee, with two wagons piled high with dried buffalo hides, glanced at the endless stretches of western Kansas prairies and thought his load of skins represented enough money to make any man as poor as him ignore the ...