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Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West
by Michael Punke
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- ISBN 13
- 9780008189341
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In the last three decades of the nineteenth century, an American buffalo herd once numbering 30 million animals was reduced to twelve. It was the era of Manifest Destiny, a Gilded Age that treated the West as nothing more than a treasure chest of resources to be dug up or shot down. The buffalo in this world was a commodity, hounded by legions of swashbucklers and unemployed veterans seeking to make their fortunes. Supporting these hide hunters, even buying their ammunition, was the U.S. Army, which considered the eradication of the buffalo essential to victory in its ongoing war on Native Americans.Into that maelstrom rode young George Bird Grinnell. A scientist and a journalist, a hunter and a conservationist, Grinnell would lead the battle to save the buffalo from extinction. Fighting in the pages of magazines, in Washington's halls of power, and in the frozen valleys of Yellowstone, Grinnell and his allies sought to preserve an icon from the grinding appetite of Robber Baron America. Grinnell shared his adventures with some of the greatest and most infamous characters of the American West — from John James Audubon and Buffalo Bill to George Armstrong Custer and Theodore Roosevelt (Grinnell's friend and ally). A strikingly contemporary story, the saga of Grinnell and the buffalo was the first national battle over the environment. In Grinnell's legacy is the birth of the conservation movement as a potent political force.
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This book kept my interest from cover to cover. Perhaps living close to Yellowstone Park had an influence. I was familiar with George Bird Grinnell but not this aspect of his life. It appears the government has not changed much in 120 years, that was dissappointing. Michael Punke did a lot of homework and presented the story in a way that was informative and yet kept your interest. It was a sad chapter in our development as a nation and we came so close to losing a national treasure.
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- Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West
- Author
- Michael Punke
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- Paperback / softback
- Book Condition
- New
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- 10
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 000818934X
- ISBN 13
- 9780008189341
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- This edition first published
- 2016
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