Heads, Hides and Horns : The Complete Buffalo Book /

This thoroughly researched and superbly written book combines history, myth, folklore, and fiction to tell the story not only of the buffalo but of the relationship between buffalo and man on the North American continent. Synthesizing larger and longer histories of this unique animal, this book trac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Barsness, Larry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press, 1985.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Manners and customs.
Indians of North America > Food.
American bison.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Bison d'Amerique.
Indians of North America > Food > West (U.S.)
West United States.
West (U.S.) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This thoroughly researched and superbly written book combines history, myth, folklore, and fiction to tell the story not only of the buffalo but of the relationship between buffalo and man on the North American continent. Synthesizing larger and longer histories of this unique animal, this book traces the history of the buffalo from the time it led man to North America, fed him, clothed him, and housed him. As buffalo increased in numbers, they became central to the culture of the Great Plains Indians who lived surrounded by them. Much of the Indian way of life was related to knowledge of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (234 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780875655154

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