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A Buffalo in the House: The True Story About a Man, an Animal, and
the American West
by: Rosen, R D
A sprawling suburban house in Santa Fe is not the kind of home where a
buffalo normally roams, but Veryl Goodnight and Roger Brooks are not your
ordinary animal lovers. Over a hundred years after Veryl's ancestors,
Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight, hand-raised two baby buffalo to help save
the species from extinction, the sculptor and her husband adopt an orphaned
buffalo calf of their own. Against a backdrop of the old American West,
A Buffalo in the House tells the story of a household situation beyond
any sitcom writer's wildest dreams. Charlie has no idea he's a buffalo
and Roger has no idea just how strong the bond between man and buffalo
can be. In the historical shadow of the near-extermination of a majestic
and misunderstood animal, Roger sets out to save just one buffalo. This
book tells an important, uplifting story about one animal's ability to
touch human lives and reconnect people of all ages to the vanished past.
B/W photos. 242 pgs.
c. 2007, S/C... $17.95
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A Buffalo in the House: The True Story About a Man, an Animal, and
the American West
by: Rosen, R D
A sprawling suburban house in Santa Fe is not the kind of home where a
buffalo normally roams, but Veryl Goodnight and Roger Brooks are not your
ordinary animal lovers. Over a hundred years after Veryl's ancestors,
Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight, hand-raised two baby buffalo to help save
the species from extinction, the sculptor and her husband adopt an orphaned
buffalo calf of their own. Against a backdrop of the old American West,
A Buffalo in the House tells the story of a household situation beyond
any sitcom writer's wildest dreams. Charlie has no idea he's a buffalo
and Roger has no idea just how strong the bond between man and buffalo
can be. In the historical shadow of the near-extermination of a majestic
and misunderstood animal, Roger sets out to save just one buffalo. This
book tells an important, uplifting story about one animal's ability to
touch human lives and reconnect people of all ages to the vanished past.
B/W photos. 242 pgs.
c. 2007, S/C, (Reg $17.95)... $7.50
Condition: Very good except slight
water damage to top corner, affects 30 pages only
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A Chorus Of Buffalo: A Personal Portrait Of An American Icon
by: Rudner, Ruth
For many years Rudner's dispatches from the American West have enlightened
readers of the "Wall Street Journal" "Leisure & Arts"
page. Buffalo are an integral part of Native American cultures, which
have relied on them for food, shelter, clothing, tools, and spiritual
inspiration for centuries. 181 pgs.
c. 2003, S/C...$14.95
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American Bison: A Natural History
by: Lott, Dale F.
Combines the latest scientific information and one man's personal experience
in an homage to one of the most magnificent animals to have roamed America's
grasslands. Social life & physiology of the bison, descibes the entire
grassland community in which bison live, and traces the dramatic relationship
between the bison and Native Americans. B/W photos. 229 pgs.
c. 2002, S/C...$16.95
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Back From the Edge: The American Bison (Animal Odysseys)
by: Stone, Lynn M.
Describes the history and near-extinction of the American bison or buffalo
and its preservation today mainly in parks and preserves. 48 pages, color
& B/W photos
c. 1991, H/C (Reg. Price $16.95)... $12.50
Used
Condition: Very
Good, ex-library with usual library markings
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Bison: Distant Thunder
by: Gruenau, Douglas
Photographic essay of the bison. 56 color images pay homage to the bison.
The author captures the power, size, and untamed nature of this animal
in a way that will leave the reader in awe and thrilling wonder. Color
photographs. 103 pgs.
c. 1995, S/C...$24.95
Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
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Bring Back The Buffalo
by: Callenbacj, Ernest
Protrays the history & present situation of the bison, and explores their
remarkable potential. 303 pgs.
c. 1996, S/C...$16.95
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Buffalo Book: Full Saga of the American Animal
by: Dary, David A.
Discusses the origin of the buffalo in North America, its locations and
migrations, its habits, its significance and role in both Indian and white
cultures, its near demise, its salvation. But more. Dary weaves throughout
his fact-filled book fascinating threads of lore and legend of this animal
that literally helped mold who and what America is. Further Dary concentrates
significant attention on the buffalo as part of 20th century America in
terms of captivity, husbandry, and symbol. Dary has located just about
every single buffalo alive today in the United States. He has visited
or corresponded with everyone who raises a private or government herd,
small or large. He maps their location, size, purpose, future. There are
even some instructions about how to raise buffalo if one is so inclined.
For the gourmet The Buffalo Book provides a number of recipes, such as
Sweetgrass Buffalo and Beer Pie or Buffalo Tips a la Bourgogne. 394 pgs.
c.1989, S/C...$22.95
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Buffalo Book: Full Saga of the American Animal
by: Dary, David A.
Discusses the origin of the buffalo in North America, its locations and
migrations, its habits, its significance and role in both Indian and white
cultures, its near demise, its salvation. But more. Dary weaves throughout
his fact-filled book fascinating threads of lore and legend of this animal
that literally helped mold who and what America is. Further Dary concentrates
significant attention on the buffalo as part of 20th century America in
terms of captivity, husbandry, and symbol. Dary has located just about
every single buffalo alive today in the United States. He has visited
or corresponded with everyone who raises a private or government herd,
small or large. He maps their location, size, purpose, future. There are
even some instructions about how to raise buffalo if one is so inclined.
For the gourmet The Buffalo Book provides a number of recipes, such as
Sweetgrass Buffalo and Beer Pie or Buffalo Tips a la Bourgogne.
c.1974, P/B...$7.50
Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: New
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Buffalo For The Broken Heart
by: O'Brien, Dan
Restoring life to a Black Hills ranch. For twenty years Dan O'Brien struggled
to make ends meet on his cattle ranch in South Dakota. But when a neighbor
invited him to lend a hand at the annual buffalo roundup, O'Brien was
inspired to convert his own ranch, the Broken Heart, to buffalo. At once
a tender account of the buffaloes' first seasons on the ranch and an engaging
lesson in wildlife ecology. 262 pages
c. 2002, S/C...$16.00
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Buffalo Nation: American Indian Efforts To Restore The Bison
by: Zontek, Ken
The gruesome story of the devastation of buffalo herds in the late 19th
century has become uncomfiratbly familiar. This is an account of Native
people's efforts to re-populate the Plains with a healthy, viable bison
population. Interspersing scientific hypothesis with Native oral traditions
& interviews, it provides a brief history of bison - human interaction.
B/W photos. 249 pgs.
c. 2007, S/C...$19.95
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Buffalo Nation: History and Legend of the North American Bison
by: Geist, Valerius
History & legend of the North American Bison, culutral & natural
history.
c. 1996, H/C... $35.00
Used, Out-of-Print
Conditon: Very Good, Inside like new, dust
jacket has some wear along edges
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Buffaloes of China
by: Cockrill, W. Ross
History & folklore, population, the swamp buffalo, development, husbandry,
castration, training, identification, nutrition, calves & calving, work,
milk & meat production, hides, horns, health & health education. B/W &
color pictures. 96 pgs.
c. 1976, S/C...$75.00
Out-of-Print, Hard-To-Find, Quantities Limited
Conditon: Like New
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Hard Grass: Life on the Crazy Woman Bison Ranch
by: Stange, Mary Zeiss
Mary Zeiss Stange's story of running a bison ranch with her husband in
southeastern Montana--on the outskirts of nowhere and far-from-here--is
a narrative of survival in a landscape and a society at once harsh and
alluring. In this series of essays she illustrates the realities of ranch
life at a time when the "New West" of subdivision, "ranchettes,"
telecommuting, and tourism collides with the "True West" of
too much, too little, too hard, and too harsh. This society is molded
by the climate, and both run to extremes, simultaneously unforgiving,
often brutal, yet capable of unalloyed charm and breathtaking beauty.
Her stories explore the myths and realities of ranch life in modern America--the
brandings, rodeos, and demolition derbies that are major events, and the
social, environmental, and political factors at work in shaping the land
and the people. Less memoir than deep history of people and place, these
vivid, naturalistic tales examine the complex relationships that comprise
life in the rural West today. 304 pgs.
c. 2010, H/C... $27.95
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North American Buffalo
by: Roe, F G
A critical study of the species in its wild state. 991 pgs.
c. 1972, H/C...$85.00
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
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Time Of The Buffalo
by: McHugh, Tom
This full-scale study of the buffalo splendidly memorializes the magnificent
beast that once roamed from Alaska to the Carolinas. Illustrated with
maps, drawings, paintings and photographs, this informative account begins
with the genesis of the buffalo in the Ice Age and traces his evolution,
natural history, herds, calving, rut, patterns of behavior, and relationships
with three cultures. 339 pgs.
c. 1972, H/C...$35.00
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
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Water Buffalo
by: Garland, H.P.
Its characteristics & habits together with a description of the preparation
of its hide for making rawhide loom pickers. Wild, domesticated, habits,
horns, working in fields, hides, loom pickers. B/W & Early Color photos.
51 pgs.
c. 1922, H/C...$32.50
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
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Back From the Edge: The American
Bison (Animal Odysseys)
by: Stone, Lynn M.
Describes the history and near-extinction of the American bison or buffalo
and its preservation today mainly in parks and preserves. 48 pages, color
& B/W photos
c. 1991, H/C... $12.50
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Conditon: Very Good, Ex-Library, usual library
markings
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Buffalo Sunrise
by: Swanson, Diane
The story of a North American Giant. Beginning with a description of its
behavior and remarkable physical characteristics, the book moves on to trace
the history of the buffalo as a provider of food, clothing and shelter for
many native nations. It also reveals how, in only sixty years, overhunting
by European Americans reduced the buffalo's numbers from more than forty
million to about one thousand. Finally, it recounts what has been done -
and what still needs to be done - to ensure that this extraordinary animal
lives on as a free and wild creature. 58 pages, color & B/W photos.
Ages 8-11
c. 1996, H/C... $12.50 (Reg Price $16.95)
Used, Quantities Limited
Conditon: Very Good, Ex-Library, usual library
markings
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Returning Wildlife - The North
American Bison
by: Becker, John E
More than 30 million bison roamed the Great Plains in the middle of the
nineteenth century. By the end of that century, bison had been hunted almost
to extinction. A number of individuals refused to allow bison to disappear,
however, and their extraordinary efforts have helped bison to recover. Color
phtos. 48 pgs. Ages 8-10.
c. 2003, H/C (Regular $23.70)...$12.50
Used, Out-Of-Print, Quantities Limited
Condition: Very good, ex-library, usual
library markings otherwise like new in & out
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Thunder on the Plains: The Story
of the American Buffalo
by: Robbins, Ken
Robbins tells the story of the American Buffalo, of how its numbers plummeted
from 50 million in the late 1800s to as few as 500 within 25 years, and
of the balanced relationship it shared with the Plains Indians who worshiped
the animal that supplied almost all their needs. Full-color illustrations.
32 pgs. Ages 7-10.
c. 2001, H/C (Reg $16.99).... $12.50
Used
Condition: Very good, ex-library, usual
library markings otherwise like new in & out
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Water Buffalo Days: Growing Up
in Vietnam
by: Huynh, Quang Nhuong
As a young boy growing up in the hills of central Vietnam, Nhuong's companion
was Tank, the family water buffalo. When bullies harassed Nhuong, Tank sent
them packing. When a wild tiger threatened the entire village, Tank defeated
it. He led the herd and adopted a lonely puppy. Tank was Nhuong's best friend.
Nhuong gives readers a glimpse of himself when he was their age, and tells
a thrilling story of how he and Tank together faced the dangers of life
in the Vietnamese jungle which was their home. 117 pgs. Ages 7-10.
c. 1997, S/C...$4.99
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