The North American Buffalo : : A Critical Study of the Species in its Wild State (2nd Edition) / / Frank Gilbert Roe.

Originally published in 1951, The North American Buffalo is still the most comprehensive study available. The second edition includes information from sources that were unknown or unavailable when the first edition was written; it also includes a three-colour map and a supplementary bibliography.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1951
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1010 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
PREFACE --
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION --
CONTENTS --
I. Introduction --
II. Early Buffalo in North America --
III. North American Variants of the Buffalo --
IV. The Climates and Topography of the Buffalo Habitat --
V. The 'Buffalo Year --
VI. Some Buffalo 'Characteristics• --
VII. Agencies Destructive to Buffalo, other than Man, I --
VIII. Agencies Destructive to Buffalo, other than Man, II --
IX. The European Discovery of the Buffalo --
X. The Buffalo Habitat and its Historical Chronology: East of the Mississippi River --
XI. The Buffalo Habitat and its Historical Chronology: West of the Rocky Mountains in the United States --
XII. The Historical Habitat of Plains and Wood Buffalo in Canada --
XIII. The Numbers of the Buffalo: General References from the Earliest Times --
XIV. The Numbers of the Buffalo: The Red River Hunt --
XV. The Numbers of the Buffalo: The Destruction of the Southern Herd --
XVI. The Numbers of the Buffalo: The Destruction of the Northern Herd in the United States --
XVII. The Numbers of the Buffalo: The Final Extermination in Western Canada --
XVIII. The Numbers of the Buffalo: Some Suggestions towards the Total Aggregate --
XIX. The 'Regular Migration --
XX. Irregular Migrations --
XXI. The Influence of the Buffalo Environment upon Indian Mentality --
XXII. Concluding Summary --
APPENDIXES --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY (p. 929) --
INDEX
Summary:Originally published in 1951, The North American Buffalo is still the most comprehensive study available. The second edition includes information from sources that were unknown or unavailable when the first edition was written; it also includes a three-colour map and a supplementary bibliography.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781487575762
9783110490947
DOI:10.3138/9781487575762
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Frank Gilbert Roe.