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Blood Memory

The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo
  • Ken Burns
  • Dayton Duncan
2023
Knopf

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Bison drinking from a pond.
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How the Iron Horse Spelled Doom for the American Buffalo

From homesteaders to tourists to the U.S. Army, railroads flooded the Great Plains with people who saw bison as pests, amusements, or opportunities for profit.
by Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan via Literary Hub on October 16, 2023
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