bison

Recounts the true story of Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight's efforts to hand-raise two baby buffalo in order to save the species from extinction.

Discusses the history of the American bison, commonly called the buffalo, its physical characteristics and habits, and efforts to preserve the species.

Photographs and text trace the cultural and natural history of the North American bison, looking at how the U.S. government practically eliminated the buffalo in the mid-1880s in an attempt to force Native Americans onto reservations, and discussing later conservation efforts.

Six adolescent boys staying at a camp in Arizona run away into the desert and learn much about themselves and the world.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, life cycle, and endangered status of the North American bison.

Details the effects of westward expansion on the Plains Indian Nations who followed the seasonal migrations of buffalo herds.

Ostracized by their peers at Box Canyon Boys Camp in Arizona, six teenage boys from dysfunctional homes band together to free a herd of buffalo to be used as game in a state-sanctioned guided hunt. Includes a reader's guide.

Describes how the vast buffalo herds were devastated on the Great Plains and later reintroduced to save this endangered animal from extinction.

Describes the history and near-extinction of the American bison or buffalo and its preservation today mainly in parks and preserves.