E. Douglas Branch (1905–1954) is also the author of The Cowboy and His Interpreters. His mentor, J. Frank Dobie, is the author of many books, including The Voice of the Coyote (available as a Bison Book). New to this edition is an introduction by Andrew C. Isenberg, an assistant professor of history at Princeton University who is writing a book-length study of the bison.
"The best and most complete account of the whole melancholy
business that has been written. A careful piece of work well
documented and . . . temperately presented."—London Times Literary
Supplement
"Told in a lively and readable style, with many anecdotes and
graphic descriptions and an admirable sense of the underlying
drama."—New York Times
"Excellent story of the . . . extermination of the free-roaming
herds in less than three decades . . . [no other book] approaches
this one in its selection of outstanding events in the march of
history."—Utah Historical Quarterly
"Beautifully written."—Kansas City Star
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