American Serengeti, the last big animals of the Great Plains, Dan Flores
Type
Label
American Serengeti, the last big animals of the Great Plains, Dan Flores
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196) and index
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
American Serengeti
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
928490311
Responsibility statement
Dan Flores
Sub title
the last big animals of the Great Plains
Summary
"Bison. Horses. Coyotes. Wolves. Grizzly Bears. Pronghorns. A la John McPhee and Edward Hoagland, noted Western and environmental historian Flores dazzles with his vivid, informed, and richly detailed essays on six iconic animals of the American Great Plains. Diving into their genetic past as far back as the Pleistocene epoch and on up to restoration efforts in recent times, Flores is especially evocative and illuminating about the lives of these animals (and their interactions with humans) in the several centuries running from the dawn of the Age of Exploration through the end of the Indian Wars"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Introduction: American Serengeti -- 1. Empires of the Sun : Big History and the Great Plains -- 2. Pronghorns : Survivors from a Lost World -- 3. Coyote : The American Jackal -- 4. Bringing Home All the Pretty Horses : The Horse Trade and the American Great Plains -- 5. The Most Dangerous Beast : The Grizzly, the Great Plains, and the West -- 6. A Dream of Bison -- 7. Wolfsong Redux -- 8. Loving the Plains, Hating the Plains, Re-Wilding the Plains