02165cam a2200265 4500 1747474295 TxAuBib 20241122120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781524709235 1524709239 6d08245f-1617-469a-8499-403d6650f3ff OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2589444 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Punke, Michael. Last Stand [Libby]. Books on Tape, 2016. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 258MB. History. Nonfiction. HTML:In the last three decades of the nineteenth century, an American buffalo herd once numbering 30 million animals was reduced to twenty-three. It was the era of Manifest Destiny, a gilded age that viewed the West as nothing more than a treasure chest of resources to be dug up or shot down. Supporting hide hunters was the U.S. Army, which considered the eradication of the buffalo essential to victory in its ongoing war on Native Americans.<br /> &#160;<br /> Into that maelstrom rode young George Bird Grinnell. A scientist and a journalist, a hunter and a conservationist, Grinnell would lead the battle to save the buffalo from extinction. Fighting in the pages of magazines, in Washington’s halls of power, and in the frozen valleys of Yellowstone, Grinnell and his allies sought to preserve an icon. Grinnell shared his adventures with some of the greatest and most infamous characters of the American West—from John James Audubon and Buffalo Bill to George Armstrong Custer and Theodore Roosevelt.&#160;<i>Last Stand</i>&#160;is a strikingly contemporary story: the saga of Grinnell and the buffalo was the first national battle over the environment. Grinnell’s legacy includes the birth of the conservation movement as a potent political force. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-11-21 20:00:03. Runnette, Sean. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6d08245f-1617-469a-8499-403d6650f3ff&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)