Bison: Monarch of the Plains (Hardcover)

~ Linda M Hasselstrom (Author), (Photographer) "Grazing animals go where grass grows..." (more)
Key Phrases: bison bull, bison robes, bison meat, Great Plains, United States, Iron Shell (more...)

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Product Description

More than any other animal, the bison symbolizes the American West. David Fitzgerald's stunning photos and Linda Hasselstrom's moving text present this awesome beast in its ancient and contemporary grandeur.

About the Author

David Fitzgerald is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego.

Linda M. Hasselstrom combines forty-five years of experience raising cattle on the Northern Plains with thirty years as an environmental activist to create essays and poetry, and co-edit anthologies that make a significant contribution to environmental writing today.She is the author or editor of twelve books including Woven on the Wind, Feels Like Far, and Leaning into the Wind. She has received a number of honors for herwork including an NEA fellowship for poetry and the South DakotaHall of Fame'sWriter of the Year award. She divides her time between Wyoming and South Dakota.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558684069
• ISBN-13: 978-1558684065
• Product Dimensions: 13.4 x 10.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #592,239 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding photography, December 16, 2001

By	Thea M. Ryan (South Dakota, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you love the Great Plains and have a heart for the prairie, this book will delight you. The photography in here is outstanding. After working with buffalo earlier this year, this was a book I had to get. Some of the photos, including the cover photo, bring not only the sights but also the smells and sounds of the giant herds to mind. These photos are worth more than 1,000 words... because they speak to my prairie heart.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Monarch of the Plains, June 26, 2007

By	Orana J. Wood (Colorado) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a beautiful book, very well done. The photos in it are excellent. We give this book out to our Speakers at conferences. It is a great coffee table book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some very nice pictures, not a lot of information, March 15, 2005

By	A. Burchfield (Conway, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I found this book to be interesting, with a lot of nice pictures, but sort of short on information. It's 128 pages long, many of them full page photos (which no doubt cut down the number of possible information pages)and is divided into several sections. Much of the book is done from a sort of American Indian perspective telling of their traditions and uses, conflicts with the white man. Later on you get some stuff on the buffalo hunting period, that's also interesting if not entirely error free (in one place the dates are given as 1934 and 1947, that should be 18, not 19. They also call buffalo rifles .50 caliber when one photo clearly shows mention of other calibers).
Apparently a huge number of animals were killed even in the early pre- 1870's years.
The last part of the book tells of efforts to save the remainders of the great herds and how that's worked out as well as hopes for the future.
I'd liked to have had much more information (there are notes & a reading list at books end)but did really appreciate the large selection of photographs, most of them modern but some historical, that included not only the buffalo but some of the things made from or related to them. This is the real reason to buy the book.