The Buffalo Hunters / Edition 1

by Charles M. Robinson III, Robert DeArment

Overview

The near extinction of the North American buffalo, which in 1850 covered the mid-western plains by countless millions but which had been hunted to near-oblivion within thirty-five years, is one of the most exciting yet tragic stories of American history. Charles M. Robinson III dramatically relates this tale with both vivid, brilliantly researched text and with evocative photographs and illustrations. From the 18th century French fur traders, through the American industrial revolution with its demand for leather, and ending with the final sad hunts of the mid-1880s, Robinson eloquently and graphically describes all aspects of the hunt and the hunters, including the Indians for whom the destruction of their subsistence resulted in their own destruction. Here are the hunters such as Custer, Cody and the Mooars, and the rough and tumble towns that hides built—Adobe Walls, Buffalo Gap, Dodge City, and Fort Griffin.

A wealth of photographs, including rare reproductions of the long-lost glass plates of photographer George Robertson taken during an 1874 hunt, and the photographs of L.A. Huffman in the early 1880s, illustrate this exciting volume of Western Americana.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781880510193
Publisher:	State House/McWhiney Foundation Press
Publication date:	01/01/1995
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.02(d)
Age Range:	10 - 18 Years

About the Author

Charles M. Robinson III was an American author, illustrator, and adventurer. He was a history instructor with South Texas College in McAllen, Texas, until early 2012 and was a member of the 2010 Oxford Round Table. He was a graduate of St. Edward's University and the University of Texas–Pan American. 

Editorial Reviews

As popular reading or as a beginning point for serious study of buffalo hunting, The Buffalo Hunters will well serve the reader.

East Texas Historical Association

Highly recommended for all Western Americana Collections.

Books of the Southwest

This book is a beautiful volume which belongs in every library of one who loves the Old West.

Quarterly of the National Ass. for Outlaw and Lawman History

This book enhances western Americana literature.

Great Plains Quarterly