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Advance praise: 'At last we have the sweeping story of the destruction of the buffalo herds of North America, not as a subject of natural history but as an inquiry into man's depredations - from the first employment of the mammal's flesh and fat for the making of pemmican, which was the fuel of the fur traders that enabled the spanning of the continent to the Columbia Country, right through to the savage and debilitating corporate wars and rivalries across the forty-ninth parallel. Thoroughly researched and finely written, this distinguished contribution to historical studies tells the tragic story of a world we have lost as individuals, corporations, tribes, and Metis all sought to maximize their benefits in the profligate search for food and for hides. It is a story of universal importance.' Barry Gough, Wilfrid Laurier University Advance praise: 'George Colpitts has given us an utterly fresh and revealing look at the oft-studied story of the plains bison, its exploitation, and its near demise, and he has set that story in its full fascinating natural and economic context. This is a splendid work of environmental history.' Elliott West, University of Arkansas

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George Colpitts is Associate Professor of History at the University of Calgary.

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