Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375761393)

For twenty years Dan O'Brien struggled to make ends meet on his cattle ranch in South Dakota. But when a neighbor invited him to lend a hand at the annual buffalo roundup, O'Brien was inspired to convert his own ranch, the Broken Heart, to buffalo. Starting with thirteen calves, "short-necked, golden balls of wool," O'Brien embarked on a journey that returned buffalo to his land for the first time in more than a century and a half.

Buffalo for the Broken Heart is at once a tender account of the buffaloes' first seasons on the ranch and an engaging lesson in wildlife ecology. Whether he's describing the grazing pattern of the buffalo, the thrill of watching a falcon home in on its prey, or the comical spectacle of a buffalo bull wallowing in the mud, O'Brien combines a novelist's eye for detail with a naturalist's understanding to create an enriching, entertaining narrative.

Author: Dan O'Brien
ISBN-10: 037576139X
ISBN-13: 9780375761393
Publisher: Random House Trade
Language: English
Published: 10/08/2002
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.30w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 01/01/2003 pg. 28