American Serengeti The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains |
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| Author:
| Flores, Dan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7006-2228-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2016 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Kansas
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $24.95USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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The story of what happened to six major species of the Great Plains--pronhorn antelope, gray wolves, bison, coyotes, wild horses, and grizzly bears--in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the prospects for recovering North America's "Serengeti" in our time by re-creating a great Plains wilderness on a Yellowstone-sized scale. The book is thus the story of plains slaughterhouse history in the 19th century and large-scale conservation hopes for the 21st.
The story of what happened to six major species of the Great Plains--pronhorn antelope, gray wolves, bison, coyotes, wild horses, and grizzly bears--in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the prospects for recovering North America's "Serengeti" in our time by re-creating a great Plains wilderness on a Yellowstone-sized scale. The book is thus the story of plains slaughterhouse history in the 19th century and large-scale conservation hopes for the 21st.