In this Book
- Wild Idea: Buffalo and Family in a Difficult Land
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
summary
For more than forty years the prairies of South Dakota have been Dan O’Brien’s home. Working as a writer and an endangered-species biologist, he became convinced that returning grass-fed, free-roaming buffalo to the grasslands of the northern plains would return natural balance to the region and reestablish the undulating prairie lost through poor land management and overzealous farming. In 1998 he bought his first buffalo and began the task of converting a little cattle ranch into an ethically run buffalo ranch.
Wild Idea is a book about how good food choices can influence federal policies and the integrity of our food system, and about the dignity and strength of a legendary American animal. It is also a book about people: the daughter coming to womanhood in a hard landscape, the friend and ranch hand who suffers great tragedy, the venture capitalist who sees hope and opportunity in a struggling buffalo business, and the husband and wife behind the ranch who struggle daily, wondering if what they are doing will ever be enough to make a difference. At its center, Wild Idea is about a family and the people and animals that surround them—all trying to build a healthy life in a big, beautiful, and sometimes dangerous land.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. iii-vi
- Part One
- Part Two
- Part Three
- Part Four
- Part Five
Additional Information
ISBN
9780803286382
Related ISBN(s)
9780803250963
MARC Record
OCLC
884725858
Pages
248
Launched on MUSE
2014-08-01
Language
English
Open Access
No