|
|
Charles G. Anderson ListingsIf you cannot find what you want on this page, then please use our search feature to search all our listings. Click on Title to view full description
|
|
|
1 |
Charles G. Anderson In Search Of The Buffalo: The Story Of J. Wright Mooar
PIONEER PRESS - Dixie Gun Work 1877704245 / 9781877704246 Paperback BOOK
This 19-yr-old was the 1st to hunt buffalo for their hides; a major facet in the extermination of the great shaggy bison. Profusely illus, End notes, Index, & Bibliography; 6x9 inches, 144 pgs. : 35%.
'In 1870, 19 year old J. Wright Mooar left his Vermont home and ventured 'out West.' He was first a woodcutter at Ft. Hays, then formed a buffalo hunting company, the first to hunt the big shaggies for their hides, establishing an economy in central Kansas and later in the Texas Panhandle and West Texas that would become a major facet of America's Manifest Destiny, the extermination of the great, shaggy bison. A revised and updated version of Anderson's earlier biography of Mooar, it includes two appendices.
Price:
17.08 USD
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
|
