Duncan, Dayton
Summary: "The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today-a moving and beautifully illustrated work of natural history. The American buffalo-our nation's official mammal-is an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of our most mythic and sometimes heartbreaking tales. The largest land animals in the Western Hemisphere, they are survivors of a mass...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.64 DUNGeist, Valerius.
Summary: Photographs and text trace the cultural and natural history of the North American bison, looking at how the U.S. government practically eliminated the buffalo in the mid-1880s in an attempt to force Native Americans onto reservations, and discussing later conservation efforts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 1996
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2 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 599.643 GEISummary: The American Buffalo delves into over 10,000 years of North American history, exploring the evolution and significance of buffalo to Native American people on the Great Plains and highlighting the near-extinction of the American buffalo, driven by factors such as the buffalo robe trade, westward expansion, diseases, and drought. The second episode follows a diverse group, including Theodore...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC AMECopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE AMEHirsch, Andy
Summary: In graphic novel format, chronicles the history of the American buffalo and its near extinction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC HIRElston, Heidi M. D.
Summary: With more developed vocabulary and language patterns and full-spread illustration-enhanced photographs, transitional readers learn about the prairie habitat of the American bison, or buffalo. Children who are using strategies to figure out unknown words build confidence as they learn more advanced word patterns and uncover information on their own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Readers, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE ELSDorion, Leah
Summary: "Leah Dorion captures the Métis way of life in the bison hunting days of long ago. She describes how the Métis interacted with the bison and their importance to all aspects of culture and how all parts of the bison were used in different ways."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gabriel Dumont Institute Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.004 DORGreen, Jen.
Summary: Presents an introduction to the physical characteristics and habits of buffalo, including the American bison.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grolier 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.642 GREGrey, Zane
Summary: When a black-hearted hide stealer kidnapped his girl and avenging Native Americans scalped his boss, buffalo hunter Tom Doan rides out on the prairies to deliver his own justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walter J. Black 1953
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GREElston, Heidi M. D.
Summary: With familiar word patterns, short sentences, and full-spread illustration-enhanced photographs, beginning readers are introduced to the American bison, or buffalo. Children starting to understand how letters and sounds go together will build confidence as they recognize repeated words and learn new words. Helpful labels on photographs provide visual cues for new vocabulary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Readers, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2015
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Summary: With longer words and sentences, varied language patterns, and full-spread illustration-enhanced photographs, progressing readers learn about the life cycle and eating habits of the American bison, or buffalo. Children who are practicing common words and letter sounds will build confidence as they recognize familiar words and expand their vocabulary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Readers, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2015
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Summary: Provides a review of the bond between Native Americans and buffalos throughout history and examines how European settlers disrupted nature's balance and nearly caused the extinction of an animal so highly respected by the native tribes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 PATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 978.004 PatRitchie, Rita.
Summary: Text and photographs introduce an animal of the Great Plains that gave the early Indians food, clothes, shelter, and tools.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 1996
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.73 RITFreedman, Russell.
Summary: Examines the importance of the buffalo in the lore and day-to-day life of the Indian tribes of the Great Plains and describes hunting methods and the uses found for each part of the animal that could not be eaten.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.1 FREHerrington, Lisa M.
Summary: Young learners will love reading about the amazing animal diversity that can be found across America. They'll learn about bears, wolves, raptors, and more all in the pages of this fun and fascinating book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599 HERWilliams, John
Summary: As the spirit of experimentation swirled around him in the 1960s and '70s, John Williams, working in relative obscurity as an English professor, wrote finely crafted novels distinguished by precise form, powerful but restrained prose, and close attention to physical detail and its symbolic import. His three major works Butcher's Crossing (1960), Stoner (1965), and the National Book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILRobbins, Ken.
Summary: A brief introduction to the history of the American buffalo and how it was almost hunted into extinction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Animals RobbinsO'Brien, Dan
Summary: Describes a rancher's efforts to make a success of his ranch, the Broken Heart, at the foot of South Dakota's Black Hills and restore the grasslands of the region by bringing back the buffalo to the Great Plains.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.292 OBRCummings, Jean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice-Hall 1971
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 921 CUMPunke, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books/Collins 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.64 PUNRinella, Steven.
Summary: American Buffalo is a narrative tale of Rinella's hunt for this animal in the Alaskan wilderness. But beyond that, it is the story of the many ways in which the buffalo has shaped our national identity. Rinella takes us across the continent in search of the buffalo's past, present, and future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2008
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Summary: "Before, during, and after the US Civil War, Boston's Black workers were barred from the skilled trades, factory work, and public-works projects. In Boston, as in cities across the North, white abolitionists focused virtually all their energies on the plight of enslaved Black Southerners, while refusing to address the challenges faced by their Black neighbors. The author presents inspiring and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.4 JONGreenidge, Kerri
Summary: "This long-overdue biography reestablishes William Monroe Trotter's essential place next to Douglass, Du Bois, and King in the pantheon of American civil rights heroes. William Monroe Trotter (1872- 1934), though still virtually unknown to the wider public, was an unlikely American hero. With the stylistic verve of a newspaperman and the unwavering fearlessness of an emancipator, he galvanized...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Co. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TROTTER, WILLIAM MONROE GRESummary: "Yellowstone is no ordinary wilderness, it is the world's first national park, a lost world of vast plains and endless forests defended on all sides by towering mountains, home to America's last great bison herds, the grizzly bear and realm of the wolf ... Join the charismatic cast of Yellowstone's wildlife as they turn to face the extreme challenges of the seasons ... The daily struggles of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD YELSummary: Take an unprecedented look at the intersection of African American women artists, politics and entertainment and hear the story of how six trailblazing performers--Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, Nina Simone, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier--changed American culture through their films, fashion, music, and politics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021