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The Border and Buffalo

Author: John Cook

Referenced in 1 episode

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Episodes Referencing This Book

April 14, 2016

Context:

A memoir published in 1905 by buffalo hunter John Cook. Flores discusses this book as the source of the famous (but likely fabricated) story about General Philip Sheridan's speech to the Texas legislature about buffalo hunting. The book was written during the conservation period when buffalo hunters were being criticized.