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The buffalo are back /

The buffalo, an American icon once nearly extinct, has made a comeback. This stirring picture book tells the dramatic story, following bison from the Plains Indians to the cowboys, Teddy Roosevelt to the Dust Bowl, and from the brink of extinction to the majestic herds that now roam our national par...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012
Other Authors: Minor, Wendell (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dutton Children's Books, [2010]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
American bison > Juvenile literature.
American bison > History > Juvenile literature.
Endangered species > United States > Juvenile literature.
Great Plains > Environmental conditions > Juvenile literature.
American bison.
American bison > History.
Endangered species > United States.
Rare and endangered animals > United States.
American bison hunting > Great Plains > History > 19th century.
Hunting > West (U.S.)
Buffaloes > History.
Buffaloes.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
Indians of North America.
Buffaloes > Conservation.
Wildlife conservation.
Great Plains > Environmental conditions.
Description
Summary:The buffalo, an American icon once nearly extinct, has made a comeback. This stirring picture book tells the dramatic story, following bison from the Plains Indians to the cowboys, Teddy Roosevelt to the Dust Bowl, and from the brink of extinction to the majestic herds that now roam our national parks.
Physical Description:32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page [32]).
ISBN:9780525422150 (hc.) :
0525422153 (hc.) :