The extermination of the American bison
by William Temple Hornaday
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"When William Temple Hornaday wrote this text for the Smithsonian Institution in 1889, the thirty million buffalo that had once roamed North America had been reduced to a few hundred. Alarmed by this decimation, Hornaday - a hunter, zoologist, writer, and the Smithsonian's chief taxidermist - set out for Montana to collect specimens for preservation at the Smithsonian.
One of the main results of his trip was The Extermination of the American Bison, a timely recounting of the history and destruction of the buffalo, and a landmark work in early conservation advocacy."--BOOK JACKET.
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The extermination of the American bison
2002, Smithsonian Institution Press
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1588340538 9781588340535
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The extermination of the American bison: with a sketch of its discovery and life history
1971, Shorey Book Store
in English
0846602598 9780846602590
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LC copy has the armorial bookplate of Theodore Roosevelt: Qui plantavit curabit. Inscribed: Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, author of "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman," with the compliments of the author, W.T. Hornaday." Gift of Kermit Roosevelt, Jr., 1963.
Bibliographical footnotes.
Separate issue of "The extermination of the American bison, with a sketch of its discovery and life history" originally published in the Report of the United States National Museum, 1887. Lacks only the half title from the original report, p. 367.
Plates are reproductions of drawings, paintings, and photographs.
Index, iv p., bound in at front.
LC copy in net-grained cloth binding, stamped: U.S. Government Bindery.
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