The Buffalo Hunters: The Story of the Hide Men - Softcover

Sandoz, Mari

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803258836 ISBN 13: 9780803258839

Publisher: Bison Books, 1978

Synopsis

In 1867 the total number of buffaloes in the trans-Missouri region was conservatively estimated 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 this book. Mari Sandoz's canvas is vast, but it is charged with color and excitement—accounts of Indian ambushes, hairbreadth escapes, gambling and gunfights, military expeditions, famous frontier characters (Wild Bill Hickok, Lonesome Charlie Reynolds, Buffalo Bill, Sheridan, Custer, and Indian Chiefs Whistler, Yellow Wolf, Spotted Tail, and Sitting Bull).

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Review:

“The fate of the Plains Region was inextricably bound up with the fate of the buffalo; they fell together. This is the story Miss Sandoz has to tell, and she tells it beautifully, forcefully, epically.”—New York Times Book Review (New York Times Book Review)

"Miss Sandoz knows the West, and whether she is presenting the beauty of the land, the excitement of the hunt, or the tension of an Indian raid, she does it—not sensationally—with authority and vigor."—Library Journal (Library Journal)

About this edition

• Publisher: Bison Books
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0803258836
• ISBN 13: 9780803258839
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372