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The Buffalo Hunters
Charles M. Robinson III
Introduction by Robert K. DeArment
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.
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What people are saying about this book
"This book is a beautiful volume which belongs in every library of one
who loves the Old West."—Quarterly of the National Association for
Outlaw and Lawman History
"This book can be heartily recommended to any reader with a thirst
for one of the most exciting and adventurous episodes in the history
of the American West."—Malcolm Brown, Perry, Oklahoma
"As popular reading or as a beginning point for serious study of
buffalo hunting, The Buffalo Hunters will well serve the reader."—East
Texas Historical Association
"This book enhances western Americana literature."—Great Plains
Quarterly
"Highly recommended for all Western Americana Collections."—Books
of the Southwest
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