| The Buffalo Hunters Contributor(s): Robinson, Charles M., III (Author), Dearment, Robert K. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1880510197 ISBN-13: 9781880510193 Publisher: TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1995 Annotation: Robert K. Dearment From the 18th century to the final sad hunts of the mid-1880s, Robinson describes all aspects of the hunt and the hunters. A wealth of photographs, including rare reproductions of the long-lost glass plates of photographer George Robertson taken during an 1874 hunt, illustrate this exciting volume of Western Americana. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 338.372 |
| LCCN: 95007590 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 8.51" W x 11" (1.07 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Plains |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The near extinction of the North American buffalo, which in 1850 covered the mid-western plains by countless millions but which had been hunted to near-oblivion within thirty-five years, is one of the most exciting yet tragic stories of American history. Charles M. Robinson III dramatically relates this tale with both vivid, brilliantly researched text and with evocative photographs and illustrations. From the 18th century French fur traders, through the American industrial revolution with its demand for leather, and ending with the final sad hunts of the mid-1880s, Robinson eloquently and graphically describes all aspects of the hunt and the hunters, including the Indians for whom the destruction of their subsistence resulted in their own destruction. Here are the hunters such as Custer, Cody and the Mooars, and the rough and tumble towns that hides built--Adobe Walls, Buffalo Gap, Dodge City, and Fort Griffin. A wealth of photographs, including rare reproductions of the long-lost glass plates of photographer George Robertson taken during an 1874 hunt, and the photographs of L.A. Huffman in the early 1880s, illustrate this exciting volume of Western Americana. |