{"product_id":"blood-memory-the-tragic-decline-and-improbable-resurrection-of-the-american-buffalo-hardcover","title":"Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDayton Duncan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKenneth Burns\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today--a moving and beautifully illustrated work of natural history inspired by the PBS series \"American Buffalo\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe American buffalo--our nation's official mammal--is an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of our most mythic and sometimes heartbreaking tales. The largest land animals in the Western Hemisphere, they are survivors of a mass extinction that erased ancient species that were even larger. For nearly 10,000 years, they evolved alongside Native people who weaved them into every aspect of daily life; relied on them for food, clothing, and shelter; and revered them as equals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNewcomers to the continent found the buffalo fascinating at first, but in time they came to consider them a hindrance to a young nation's expansion. And in the space of only a decade, they were slaughtered by the millions for their hides, with their carcasses left to rot on the prairies. Then, teetering on the brink of disappearing from the face of the earth, they would be rescued by a motley collection of Americans, each of them driven by different--and sometimes competing--impulses. This is the rich and complicated story of a young republic's heedless rush to conquer a continent, but also of the dawn of the conservation era--a story of America at its very best and worst.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAYTON DUNCAN is the author of thirteen other books, including \u003ci\u003eOut West: An American Journey Along the Lewis and Clark Trail\u003c\/i\u003e. He has worked with Ken Burns as a writer and producer of documentary films for more than thirty years and has won numerous awards, including two Emmy Awards for his work on \u003ci\u003eThe National Parks: America's Best Idea.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Rindge, New Hampshire, and Savannah, Georgia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKEN BURNS, the producer and director of numerous film series, including \u003ci\u003eVietnam, The Roosevelts, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe War, \u003c\/i\u003efounded his own documentary film company, Florentine Films, in 1976. His landmark film \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e was the highest-rated series in the history of American public television, and his work has won numerous prizes, including the Emmy and Peabody Awards, and two Academy Award nominations. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764260864288,"sku":"9780593537343","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c05b44b73b43019f1bbafc4d8dcc55cf.webp?v=1780247123","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/blood-memory-the-tragic-decline-and-improbable-resurrection-of-the-american-buffalo-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}