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Synopsis
This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.
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About the Author
E. Douglas Branch (1905-1954) is also the author of "The Cowboy and His Interpreters," His mentor, J. Frank Dobie, is the author of many books, including "The Voice of the Coyote" (available as a Bison Book). New to this edition is an introduction by Andrew C. Isenberg, an assistant professor of history at Princeton University who is writing a book-length study of the bison.
Review
"The best and most complete account of the whole melancholy business that has been written. A careful piece of work well documented and . . . temperately presented."—London Times Literary Supplement (London Times Literary Supplement)
"Told in a lively and readable style, with many anecdotes and graphic descriptions and an admirable sense of the underlying drama."—New York Times (New York Times)
"Excellent story of the . . . extermination of the free-roaming herds in less than three decades . . . [no other book] approaches this one in its selection of outstanding events in the march of history."—Utah Historical Quarterly (Utah Historical Quarterly)
"Beautifully written."—Kansas City Star (Kansas City Star)
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