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Buffalo Jones' forty years of adventure; a volume of facts gathered from experience . By: Charles Jesse Jones, illustrated By: Colonel Henry Inman: ... who cofounded Garden City, Kansas.
This volume is from 1899 and there are 28 large chapters.
A volume of facts gathered from experience, by Hon. O. J.
Jones, whose eventful life has been devoted to the preserva-
tion of the American Bison and other wild animals; who sur-
vived the perils of the frozen north, the land of the midnight
sun, among eskimos, indians and the ferocious beasts of
North America.
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From the book's Introduction:
It is the mission of this volume to present, from a carefully
kept journal, the thrilling incidents, experiences and observa-
tions, together with the results of the efforts of one who has
devoted the best years of his life to saving from absolute ex-
tinction one of the once most conspicuous, in point of numbers,
of all the large mammals on the North American continent: the
bison, or buffalo as commonly designated. He has also ex-
erted his energies in behalf of the preservation of other
animals of his native country. The field of his labors embraced
all of the great territory extending from the Gulf of Mexico to
and including the frozen wilderness, of the Artic Circle. So re-
markable and full of exciting personal adventure have been
the efforts of Mr. Jones in the direction indicated, that he was
a world-wide reputation, and is familiarly known to the people
of both North America and Europe by his well-earned sobriquet
of " Buffalo Jones".
His travels in the remote regions of the North American conti-
nent are a chapter of hardships, privations and dangers which
rarely fall to any individual in modern times, and show what
indomitable courage, self-possession and determination can
accomplish under the most adverse conditions. At the same
time, "Buffalo" Jones has been a close observer of nature, of
all its physical characteristics. In this volume he presents the
results of his investigations. The reader will find here many
things which will be new to him, and that the book is of thrilling
interest, and is instructive as well.
- Henry Inman
...............................................................................
A volume of facts gathered from experience, by Hon. O. J.
Jones, whose eventful life has been devoted to the preserva-
tion of the American Bison and other wild animals; who sur-
vived the perils of the frozen north, the land of the midnight
sun, among eskimos, indians and the ferocious beasts of
North America.
...............................................................................
From the book's Introduction:
It is the mission of this volume to present, from a carefully
kept journal, the thrilling incidents, experiences and observa-
tions, together with the results of the efforts of one who has
devoted the best years of his life to saving from absolute ex-
tinction one of the once most conspicuous, in point of numbers,
of all the large mammals on the North American continent: the
bison, or buffalo as commonly designated. He has also ex-
erted his energies in behalf of the preservation of other
animals of his native country. The field of his labors embraced
all of the great territory extending from the Gulf of Mexico to
and including the frozen wilderness, of the Artic Circle. So re-
markable and full of exciting personal adventure have been
the efforts of Mr. Jones in the direction indicated, that he was
a world-wide reputation, and is familiarly known to the people
of both North America and Europe by his well-earned sobriquet
of " Buffalo Jones".
His travels in the remote regions of the North American conti-
nent are a chapter of hardships, privations and dangers which
rarely fall to any individual in modern times, and show what
indomitable courage, self-possession and determination can
accomplish under the most adverse conditions. At the same
time, "Buffalo" Jones has been a close observer of nature, of
all its physical characteristics. In this volume he presents the
results of his investigations. The reader will find here many
things which will be new to him, and that the book is of thrilling
interest, and is instructive as well.
- Henry Inman
...............................................................................
270 pages, Paperback
First published October 29, 2009
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June 22, 2022
A priceless work about the legendary history of an exceptional plainsman and his times. There is a lot of detail about buffalo, hunting and how catalo were created. A reader will be glad they took the time to read this awe inspiring book.
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