This enduring classic tells the true story of Black Diamond, a majestic American bison who once roamed the great plains of North America. Written by naturalist Clarence Hawkes, this book offers a vivid and detailed portrait of Black Diamond's life cycle, from his birth on the prairie to his eventual captivity and death in a zoo. With lyrical prose and a deep respect for nature, Hawkes brings to life a lost world and a vanished species. A must-read for anyone interested in ecology, animal behavior, or conservation. This ...
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This enduring classic tells the true story of Black Diamond, a majestic American bison who once roamed the great plains of North America. Written by naturalist Clarence Hawkes, this book offers a vivid and detailed portrait of Black Diamond's life cycle, from his birth on the prairie to his eventual captivity and death in a zoo. With lyrical prose and a deep respect for nature, Hawkes brings to life a lost world and a vanished species. A must-read for anyone interested in ecology, animal behavior, or conservation. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Copeland, Charles. Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Reddish brown hardcover binding with b/w picture pastedown of a herd of buffalo, one with a dog on its back, and a derailed train. Shelfwear, rubbing along edges, pastedown a bit rubbed, but overall book is clean and tight with just beginning of hinge crack inside back cover. Illustrated endpapers. 299 pages with b/w frontispiece plate and four others throughout text intact. According to the introduction: Even as late as 1871, when the Union Pacific Railroad cleft the great herds asunder, there roamed upon the vast American plains probably the most inconceivable her of wild animals ever ranging upon a single continent-hundreds of millions of American bison, or buffalo.
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Very Good. 1911. Dec. cloth, octavo, 299 pp., illustrated. Spine sunned. Minor edge-wear and rubbing to boards and spine. Corners bumped. Internally, quite sound. Overall, very good. (Subject: Americana & Regional History. )