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The extermination of the American bison
- Title
- The extermination of the American bison / William Temple Hornaday ; introduction by Hanna Rose Shell ; foreword by John Mack Faragher.
- Author
- Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937.
- Publication
- Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Institution Press, [2002], ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QL737.U53 H675 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxiii, 367-548 pages, xxi pages of plates : illustrations, map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "When William Temple Hornaday wrote this text for the Smithsonian Institution in 1889, the thirty million buffalo that had once roamed North America had been reduced to a few hundred. Alarmed by this decimation, Hornaday - a hunter, zoologist, writer, and the Smithsonian's chief taxidermist - set out for Montana to collect specimens for preservation at the Smithsonian.
- One of the main results of his trip was The Extermination of the American Bison, a timely recounting of the history and destruction of the buffalo, and a landmark work in early conservation advocacy."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Note
- "Originally published ... in the Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (1889)"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. xxii-xxiii).
- Contents
- Foreword / John Mack Faragher -- Introduction: Finding the Soul in the Skin / Hanna Rose Shell -- The Extermination of the American Bison / William Temple Hornaday.
- ISBN
- 1588340538 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001055124
- OCLC
- ocm48434876
- SCSB-4305769
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries