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The Hunting Of The Buffalo.
E. DOUGLAS BRANCH
Other works by E. DOUGLAS BRANCHPublication: D Appleton and Company, 1929, New York and London
First edition. 8vo. Cloth, decorated paper labels on front cover and spine, vi (6), 239 (3) pp., frontis., preface, illustrated, index. The epic story of the mighty buffalo that once ranged the American plains; how the Indians hunted him; the coming of the white men; the building of the transcontinental railroad that dispersed the great herds; the massacre of the buffalo for meat and hides. A brilliant historical narrative and an unwritten chapter of the passing of the vanished West. Former owner's neat bookplate on front pastedown sheet, else a fine, tight, bright, copy in the elusive dust jacket with light wear to the head of spine. An exceptional copy.
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