The time of the buffalo
Record details
- ISBN: 0394476182
- ISBN: 9780394476186
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Physical Description:
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xxiv, 339, xi p. illus. 25 cm. - Edition: [1st ed.]
- Publisher: New York, Knopf, 1972.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Based on the author's thesis, University of Wisconsin. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: p. 321-339. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Buffalo culture -- In numbers--numberless -- Grassland and buffalo -- Ancestors and relatives -- Early chronicles -- Preparation for the kill -- Indian hunting techniques -- Indians as consumers -- Place in symbolism and ceremony -- White buffalo -- Storytellers -- Days among the herds -- Nature of the beast -- Status in buffalo society -- Group travels -- Calving season -- Rutting season -- Play and aggression -- Grassland community -- Natural catastrophes -- Westward the hunters -- On the way to extinction -- Return to the plains -- Appendixes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Subject: | American bison Bison d'Amérique |
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