Where the Buffalo Roam Restoring Americas Great Plains Paperback by Matthiessen
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Where the Buffalo Roam : Restoring America's Great Plains, Paperback by Matthews, Anne; Worster, Donald (FRW), ISBN 0226510964, ISBN-13 9780226510965, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In 1987 Frank and Deborah Popper proposed a bold solution to the decline of America's Great Plains: create a vast nature preserve by returning 139,000 square miles in ten states to prairie and reintroducing the buffalo that once roamed there. In Where the Buffalo Roam , Anne Matthews follows the Poppers from Montana to Texas as they try to sell their idea called the Buffalo Commons; in the process, she introduces us to the people who love these arid windswept lands. This edition includes a new foreword by environmental historian Donald Worster. Matthews's new afterword describes how with growing support from Native Americans and private groups like the Nature Conservancy, the Poppers' dream of a Buffalo Commons is becoming a reality. "An admirably crafted book, as poignant and entertaining as it is informative."&; Seattle Times "A priceless piece of Americana."&; The Boston Globe "Matthew's delightful account of the Poppers, their proposal and the controversy surrounding it does focus new attention on the region and its problems."&; The Philadelphia Inquirer "Bright, active, effective journalism. . . . An extremely savvy overlook of the dilemmas of the Great Plains."&;Wallace Stegner
