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01607aam a2200265 i 4500 001 A9755F3EFB8A11ED91D0939B58ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230526010042 008 070103s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 0062970097 020 $a 9780062970091 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Punke, Michael. 245 1 $a Last stand : $b George Bird Grinnell, the battle to save the buffalo, and the birth of the new West / $c Michael Punke. 264 1 $a New York : $b Smithsonian Books/Collins, $c 2007. 300 $a xvi, 286 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a 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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 541 $d 20221114. 600 1 $a Grinnell, George Bird, $d 1849-1938. 650 $a American bison $x History $z West (U.S.) $x History $y 1860-1890. 651 $a West (U.S.) $x History $y 1860-1890. 941 $a 1 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20230526010644.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A9755F3EFB8A11ED91D0939B58ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search