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BL
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| Record Number
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1033346
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b787716
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| Main Entry
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Punke, Michael.
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| Title & Author
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Last stand : : George Bird Grinnell, the battle to save the buffalo, and the birth of the new West /\ Michael Punke.
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| Edition Statement
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1st Smithsonian books ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Smithsonian Books/Collins,, 2007.
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| Page. NO
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xvi, 286 pages :: illustrations, map ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0060897821
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: 9780060897826
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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Traces the efforts of a late-nineteenth-century environmentalist who sought to protect buffalo that were being systematically slaughtered by out-of-work Civil War veterans promoting "manifest destiny" settlements in the West.
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| Subject
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Grinnell, George Bird,1849-1938.
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Grinnell, George Bird,1849-1938.
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| Subject
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American bison-- Conservation-- West (U.S.)-- History-- 1860-1890.
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West (U.S.), History, 1860-1890.
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West United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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599.64/3092
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B
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| LC Classification
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QH31.G74P86 2007
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| Parallel Title
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George Bird Grinnell, the battle to save the buffalo, and the birth of the new West
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