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The Beaver Men by Mari Sandoz
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Subject
- Biography & Autobiography
- ISBN
- 9780803258846
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803258844
ISBN-13
9780803258846
eBay Product ID (ePID)
816472
Product Key Features
Book Title
Beaver Men : Spearheads of Empire
Number of Pages
343 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Hunting, Animals / Mammals, General
Publication Year
1978
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Sports & Recreation, History
Book Series
Bison Book Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
13.7 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
77-014081
Reviews
"A brilliant, dioramic narrative, as vast in scope as the far-flung Great Plains."- Saturday Review of Literature, "This book is not so much an historical study as a careful and intelligently drawn portrait of a world. . .that of the Great Plains during the period 1630-1834. [Mari Sandoz''s] point of focus is the hunting of the beaver, but the cumulative effect of the study is much broader than the conventional historical examination. Her essential concern is ecological: the relations of living creatures with each other and with their physical world. It is this perspective, unique among chroniclers of the fur trade, that gives the book its very considerable value. . . . Miss Sandoz''s treatment of the Indian role is a good deal more complete than most studies; her sources include Indian documentation as well as the more conventional white man''s documentation."-Colorado Magazine, "The fate of the Plains Region was inextricably bound up with the fate of the buffalo; they fell together. This is the story Miss Sandoz has to tell, and she tells it beautifully, forcefully, epically. . . . A procession of interesting frontier figures, red and white [Wild Bill Hickok, Lonesome Charlie Reynolds, Buffalo Bill, Sheridan, Custer, and Indian chiefs Whistler, Yellow Wolf, Spotted Tail, Sitting Bull, passes through the narrative, briefly but sharply characterized."-New York Times Book Review, "A brilliant, dioramic narrative, as vast in scope as the far-flung Great Plains."-Saturday Review of Literature, "This book is not so much an historical study as a careful and intelligently drawn portrait of a world. . .that of the Great Plains during the period 1630-1834. [Mari Sandoz's] point of focus is the hunting of the beaver, but the cumulative effect of the study is much broader than the conventional historical examination. Her essential concern is ecological: the relations of living creatures with each other and with their physical world. It is this perspective, unique among chroniclers of the fur trade, that gives the book its very considerable value. . . . Miss Sandoz's treatment of the Indian role is a good deal more complete than most studies; her sources include Indian documentation as well as the more conventional white man's documentation."- Colorado Magazine, "This book is not so much an historical study as a careful and intelligently drawn portrait of a world. . .that of the Great Plains during the period 1630-1834. [Mari Sandoz''s] point of focus is the hunting of the beaver, but the cumulative effect of the study is much broader than the conventional historical examination. Her essential concern is ecological: the relations of living creatures with each other and with their physical world. It is this perspective, unique among chroniclers of the fur trade, that gives the book its very considerable value. . . . Miss Sandoz''s treatment of the Indian role is a good deal more complete than most studies; her sources include Indian documentation as well as the more conventional white man''s documentation."- Colorado Magazine, "This book is not so much an historical study as a careful and intelligently drawn portrait of a world. . .that of the Great Plains during the period 1630-1834. [Mari Sandoz's point of focus is the hunting of the beaver, but the cumulative effect of the study is much broader than the conventional historical examination. Her essential concern is ecological: the relations of living creatures with each other and with their physical world. It is this perspective, unique among chroniclers of the fur trade, that gives the book its very considerable value. . . . Miss Sandoz's treatment of the Indian role is a good deal more complete than most studies; her sources include Indian documentation as well as the more conventional white man's documentation."- Colorado Magazine, "The fate of the Plains Region was inextricably bound up with the fate of the buffalo; they fell together. This is the story Miss Sandoz has to tell, and she tells it beautifully, forcefully, epically. . . . A procession of interesting frontier figures, red and white [Wild Bill Hickok, Lonesome Charlie Reynolds, Buffalo Bill, Sheridan, Custer, and Indian chiefs Whistler, Yellow Wolf, Spotted Tail, Sitting Bull, passes through the narrative, briefly but sharply characterized."- New York Times Book Review
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
978/.01
Synopsis
In 1867 the total number of buffaloes in the trans-Missouri region was estimated, conservatively, at fifteen million. By the end of the 1880s this figure had dwindled to a few hundred. Covering more than two centuries,The Beaver Menranges from the beginning of the beaver trade along the St. Lawrence to the last great rendezvous of traders and trappers on Ham's Fork, in what is now Wyoming, in 1834., Covering more than two centuries, The Beaver Men ranges from the beginning of the beaver trade along the St. Lawrence to the last great rendezvous of traders and trappers on Ham's Fork, in what is now Wyoming, in 1834.
LC Classification Number
E40
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- s***w (79)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe book I ordered was exactly as pictured—and was the very one I wanted. It was packed, shipped promptly and delivered when expected. Thank you!
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