advnirvana: Excellent read!!!
Canada on Jan 08, 2024
Amazon Customer: Enjoyable book; Rinella blends intertwining narratives nicely.
United States on Dec 03, 2023
Claire Berkley: A well researched history of the American Bison that is skillfully interlaced with a page turning hunting adventure. I have high respect for the author. I have placed this book on the shelf with other books I consider classics. It deserves a second read.
United States on Jun 03, 2023
K Mo: Great read
Canada on Mar 29, 2023
Teekee: This was a good read. The author goes back and forth between the history of the bison in North America and a bison hunting trip he took to Alaska. He did a lot of research on bison history and has an extensive list of sources that one could reference for further information. The hunting trip was also interesting. Who knew there was a bison herd in Alaska? And who would know how it got there? Who knew bison existed almost all over the USA? He also reviewed how the bison has always been hunted to extremes when ancient natives herded bison over cliffs by the hundreds and a lot of waste was the result. The herds were so vast it apparently didn't make a difference. But when the white man came and pushed into the west, the scales tipped in a direction where the bison almost became extinct. It's a terrible tale of human abuse of the environment and wanton killing of other living things.
United States on Feb 11, 2023
Amazon Customer: Absolutely amazing book, on par with Hemingway's hunting/outdoor stories
United Kingdom on Feb 16, 2021
Tim: Really enjoyed this. Steve is a great story teller, and expertly weaves a range of anecdotes and adventures around his main narrative.
As a bonus, if you listen to his podcast or watch his show first you can read the whole book to yourself on his voice. It’s like a an audio book but harder work. Perfect.
Australia on May 19, 2020
Michael Barry.: Brilliant read
Engaging and full of insight
A book you will read more than once
Australia on Mar 11, 2020
proletariat: You know that Diet Dr. Pepper commercial with the lumberjack-looking guy in the flannel shirt that's casually walking through the woods carrying entire tree trunks and hand-landing salmon and then throwing them to grizzly bears? Well, Steven Rinella IS that guy--if that guy could also totally CRUSH you at Jeopardy!!
I bought his book, "American Buffalo," primarily b/c I've been buying a lot of free-range, grass-fed bison from Dan O'Brien's Wild Idea Buffalo Company and I thought it would be a good idea to learn some history about the animal. After having read Rinella's book, I now know not only a ton about bison, but also a lot more about the settlement of the western United States and the characters who lived there, the traditional way of life of many Native American tribes, Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Chetaslina/Copper River area, hunting in general, and about current tensions between the cattle industry and conservation groups regarding the reintroduction of wild, free-ranging bison into areas where they were once native.
I particularly enjoyed the later chapters where Rinella is successful in hunting a wild buffalo and his account of butchering...
United States on Nov 08, 2013
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Total Reviews | 94 reviews | 240 reviews | 167 reviews |
ISBN-13 | 978-0385521697 | 978-1250007810 | 978-1250220141 |
ISBN-10 | 0385521693 | 125000781X | 1250220149 |
Biology of Mammals | Biology of Mammals | Biology of Mammals | |
Publisher | Random House; 39471st edition | St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition | Thomas Dunne Books; Illustrated edition |
Hunting | Hunting | ||
Item Weight | 7.2 ounces | 13.1 ounces | 1 pounds |
Biology of Wildlife | Biology of Wildlife | Biology of Wildlife | Biology of Wildlife |
Paperback | 304 pages | 384 pages | |
Dimensions | 5.12 x 0.68 x 7.96 inches | 5.5 x 1.15 x 8.2 inches | 6.28 x 1.28 x 9.53 inches |
Best Sellers Rank | #3 in Biology of Mammals#4 in Biology of Wildlife#13 in Hunting | #8 in Biology of Mammals#10 in Biology of Wildlife#709 in Memoirs | #258 in Environmentalist & Naturalist Biographies#301 in Biology of Wildlife#9,247 in Memoirs |
Customer Reviews | 4.8/5 stars of 4,509 ratings | 4.7/5 stars of 11,898 ratings | 4.7/5 stars of 4,836 ratings |
Language | English | English | English |
Gregg Wilson: This is an enjoyable book, which covers a wide range of topics. From a history of the buffalo, to the actual hunt, and how to dress a buffalo once down. There were times where it seemed that the book could have been a bit shorter, or chapters more condensed.
United States on Jan 11, 2024