The Buffalo Hunters : The Story of the Hide Men （2ND）

Sandoz, Mari/ Punke, Michael (INT)

Bison Books（2008/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 277 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780803218802
• DDC分類 978.02

基本説明

The destruction of the great buffalo head is the theme of a study of the American West that presents accounts of Indian ambushes, hairbreadth escapse, gambling and gunfights, militaly expeditions, and famous frontier characters.

Full Description

In 1867 conservative estimates put the number of buffaloes in the trans-Missouri region at fifteen million. By the end of the 1880s, that figure had dwindled to a few hundred. The destruction of the great herds is the theme of The Buffalo Hunters. Mari Sandoz's vast canvas is charged with color and excitement-accounts of Indian ambushes, hairbreadth escapes, gambling and gunfights, military expeditions, and famous frontier characters such as Wild Bill Hickok, Lonesome Charlie Reynolds, Buffalo Bill, Sheridan, Custer, and Indian chiefs Whistler, Yellow Wolf, Spotted Tail, and Sitting Bull. 

Contents

IntroductionForewordBook I. The Republican Herd1. The Portentous Men of 'Sixty-seven2. Lord of the Plains3. A Revenge--and New Markets4. Big Guns and a Roaring Blizzard5. The Royal HuntBook II. The Crossing of the Arkansas6. Dodge City, the Daughter of the Hide Men7. Southward into Indian Country8. Attack on Adobe Walls9. Toward the Brazos10. Two Big Kills11. Dead Men and Comanche YellsBook III. Retreat to the Staked Plains12. The Eden of the Animals13. The Time of the FlightsBook IV. The Northern Herd14. Along the Winter Yellowstone15. The End of the DreamBibliography for the General Reader