The Buffalo Book: The Full Saga of the American Animal - Couverture souple

Dary, David A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0804009317 ISBN 13 : 9780804009317

Editeur : Swallow Press, 1989

Synopsis

The journals and memoirs of nineteeth-century explorers and travelers in the American West often told of viewing buffalo massed together as far as the eye could see. This book appropriately covers the subject of the buffalo as extensively as that animal covered the plains. Other recent accounts of the buffalo have focused on two or three aspects, emphasizing its natural history, the hunters and the hunted in prehistoric time, the relationship between the buffalo and the American Indian. David Dary's treatment stretches from horizon to horizon. Of course he discusses the origin of the buffalo in North America, its locations and migrations, its habits, its significance and role in both Indian and white cultures, its near demise, its salvation. But more. Dary weaves throughout his fact-filled book fascinating threads of lore and legend of this animal that literally helped mold who and what America is. Further, in addition to detailing the extinction which almost befell this mythic beast and the attempts to give life again to the herds, Dary concentrates significant attention on the buffalo as part of America in terms of captivity, husbandry, and symbol.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David A. Dary was professor emeritus and former head of what is now the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma. He was the author of more than 20 books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Swallow Press
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0804009317
• ISBN 13: 9780804009317
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible