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Bison
Desmond Morris
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Description for Bison
Paperback. A new title by best-selling author, zoologist, and former television presenter Desmond Morris, Bison is a natural and cultural history of the bison, an iconic animal of the Great Plains of America. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 illustrations, 60 in colour. BIC Classification: WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 189 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Bison once ranged across the Great Plains of North America in vast herds - early eighteenth century explorers described them as 'innumerable' - and at the beginning of the nineteenth century they numbered in the tens of millions. However, during the next century or so humans were responsible for the bison's near extinction in North America, slaughtering an estimated 50 million for their meat, pelts and fur, reducing the bison population to less than a thousand by 1890. Hunting of bison became so prevalent that travellers on longhaul trips in the Midwest would shoot them from their trains. Notable developments ... Read more
Bison once ranged across the Great Plains of North America in vast herds - early eighteenth century explorers described them as 'innumerable' - and at the beginning of the nineteenth century they numbered in the tens of millions. However, during the next century or so humans were responsible for the bison's near extinction in North America, slaughtering an estimated 50 million for their meat, pelts and fur, reducing the bison population to less than a thousand by 1890. Hunting of bison became so prevalent that travellers on longhaul trips in the Midwest would shoot them from their trains. Notable developments ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Animal
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780234243
SKU
V9781780234243
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Desmond Morris
Desmond Morris is a world-renowned zoologist and the author of many best-selling books on human and animal behaviour. He isthe author of Leopard (2013), Monkey (2013) and Owl (2009) in Reaktion's Animal series.
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