Beyond the old frontier: adventures of Indian-fighters, hunters, and fur-traders: By: George Bird Grinnell. (Worlds classics) illustrated (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781539308805)

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...

Author: George Bird Grinnell
ISBN-10: 1539308804
ISBN-13: 9781539308805
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/03/2016
Pages: 158
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.99w x 0.34d