Edition |
1st Smithsonian Books ed. |
Description |
xvi, 286 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Prologue : The stand -- 1. Wild and wooly -- 2. Self-denial -- 3. Barbarism pure and simple -- 4. I felled a mighty bison -- 5. The guns of other hunters -- 6. That will mean an Indian War -- 7. Ere long exterminated -- 8. A weekly journal -- 9. No longer a place for them -- 10. Blundering, plundering -- 11. The meanest work I ever did -- 12. A terror to evil-doers -- 13. A single rock -- 14. For all it is worth -- 15. Simple majesty -- Epilogue : The last stand - "Something unprecedented" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. |
Subject |
Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938.
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Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938. |
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American bison -- Conservation -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.
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American bison. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
1860-1890 |
Subject |
West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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ISBN |
9780060897826 |
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0060897821 |
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