Wild Idea: Buffalo and Family in a Difficult Land - Couverture rigide

O'Brien, Dan

 
9780803250963: Wild Idea: Buffalo and Family in a Difficult Land
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ISBN 10 : 0803250967 ISBN 13 : 9780803250963
Editeur : Bison Books, 2014

Synopsis

For more than forty years the prairies of South Dakota have been Dan O'Brien's home. Working as a writer and an endangered-species biologist, he became convinced that returning grass-fed, free-roaming buffalo to the grasslands of the northern plains would return natural balance to the region and reestablish the undulating prairie lost through poor land management and overzealous farming. In 1998 he bought his first buffalo and began the task of converting a little cattle ranch into an ethically run buffalo ranch.
Wild Idea is a book about how good food choices can influence federal policies and the integrity of our food system, and about the dignity and strength of a legendary American animal. It is also a book about people: the daughter coming to womanhood in a hard landscape, the friend and ranch hand who suffers great tragedy, the venture capitalist who sees hope and opportunity in a struggling buffalo business, and the husband and wife behind the ranch who struggle daily, wondering if what they are doing will ever be enough to make a difference. At its center, Wild Idea is about a family and the people and animals that surround them--all trying to build a healthy life in a big, beautiful, and sometimes dangerous land.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dan O'Brien is the author of numerous novels and memoirs, including Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch, winner of the Western Heritage Award for best nonfiction. His books Stolen Horses, Equinox, The Indian Agent, and The Contract Surgeon are available from the University of Nebraska Press.

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Éditeur
Bison Books
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803250967
ISBN 13 
9780803250963
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781496246813: Wild Idea: Buffalo and Family in a Difficult Land

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1496246810 ISBN 13 :  9781496246813
Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2026
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