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Buffalo hunt /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 1988Edition: First editionDescription: 52 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 26 cmISBN:
  • 0823407020 (lib. bdg.)
  • 9780823407026 (lib. bdg.)
  • 9780823411597 (pbk.)
  • 0823411591 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Buffalo hunt.DDC classification:
  • 978/.00497 19
LOC classification:
  • E78.G73 F73 1988
Contents:
Gift from the great spirit -- Buffalo magic -- Hunt -- From the brains to the tail -- With the buffalo gone -- About the illustrations -- Index.
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. More than 30 paintings and drawings by artist-adventurers who traveled West in the 1800s illustrate Freedman's vivid account of the Great Plains Indians' buffalo hunts.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Status Barcode
JNF JNF Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction J 978 FRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E78.G73 Available 34517000178981

Includes index.

Gift from the great spirit -- Buffalo magic -- Hunt -- From the brains to the tail -- With the buffalo gone -- About the illustrations -- Index.

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. More than 30 paintings and drawings by artist-adventurers who traveled West in the 1800s illustrate Freedman's vivid account of the Great Plains Indians' buffalo hunts.

Interest age level: Ages 9-11.

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