The Buffalo Book: the Full Saga of the American Animal by David A. Dary. No wild animal has had a more important role in America's history than the buffalo. The Buffalo Book captures the story and the significance of this great animal. The journals and the memoirs of nineteenth-century explorers and travelers in the American West often told of viewing buffalo massed together as far as the eye could see. This book appropriately covers the subject of the buffalo as extensively as that animal covered the plains. The Buffalo Book rounds up all the contemporary buffalo. Locating just about every single buffalo alive today in the United States, Dary has visited or corresponded with everyone who raises a private or government herd, small or large. He maps their location, size, purpose, and future. There are even some instructions about how to raise buffalo if one is so inclined. This book includes a number of recipes, such as Sweetgrass Buffalo and Beer Pie or Buffalo Tips a la Bourgogne. From the buffalo nickel Wyoming's state flag, from The University of Colorado's mascot to Indiana's state seal, we picture and use the buffalo in hundreds of ways. Dary surveys the nineteenth- and twentieth-century symbol adaptation of the animal. This book weaves fascinating threads of buffalo lore and legend with fact, culminating in an authoritative portrait of an animal that is part of the cultural experience and heritage of America. Softcover. 384 pages with B&W drawings and photos. 9" x 6". 4 appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Free Shipping! To order by phone call Toll-Free: 1 - 866 - 596 - 9982