The extermination of the American bison
By: William Temple Hornaday ; introduction by Hanna Rose Shell ; foreword by John Mack Faragher
Edition: Reissue ed
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington [D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 548
Subjects: American bison
Description: "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.
Notes: "Originally published ... in the Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (1889)"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxii-xxiii)