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Beyond the Old Frontier
George Bird Grinnell.
其他書名
Adventures of Indian-fighters, Hunters, and Fur-traders: By: George Bird Grinnell. (Worlds Classics) Illustrated
出版CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016-10-03
主題Fiction / General
ISBN15393088049781539308805
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=smdXvgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋George Bird Grinnell (September 20, 1849 - April 11, 1938) was an American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer. Grinnell was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in 1870 and a Ph.D. in 1880. Originally specializing in zoology, he became a prominent early conservationist and student of Native American life. Grinnell has been recognized for his influence on public opinion and work on legislation to preserve the American buffal Grinnell had extensive contact with the terrain, animals and Native Americans of the northern plains, starting with being part of the last great hunt of the Pawnee in 1872. He spent many years studying the natural history of the region. As a graduate student, he accompanied Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer's 1874 Black Hills expedition as a naturalist. He declined a similar appointment to the ill-fated 1876 Little Big Horn expedition...