The Long Hunt: Death of the Buffalo East of the Mississippi - Paperback

by Ted Franklin Belue (Author)

Folklore, archaeological data, and first-person narratives contrast the wanton destruction of the eastern buffalo with the spirit and heroism of the early frontier.

Author Biography

Ted Franklin Belue is also the author of Finding Daniel Boone: His Last Days in Missouri & the Strange Fate of His Remains and The Hunters of Kentucky: A Narrative History of America's First Far West and has edited two Boone biographies, including Lyman C. Draper's landmark work, The Life of Daniel Boone. He has served as a consultant and on-air commentator for the History Channel and advisor for A&E, BBC, and NBC and survived the French and Indian War as a Hollywood extra in The Last of the Mohicans. He lives in Murray, Kentucky, with his wife, Lavina, and a horde of dogs, cats, guitars, and banjos.