Thunder on the Plains: The Story of the American Buffalo (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781416995364)

Ken Robbins tells in words and historical photographs the amazing yet tragic story of a magnificent and truly American creature: the buffalo. It is the story of numbers so vast, it might take days for one herd of buffalo to pass a particular point on the prairie. It is the story of a harmonious, balanced relationship with Native Americans who revered and even worshiped the huge animals that gave them almost everything they needed to survive. And it is the sad story of how, in as little as twenty-five years, reckless and wasteful slaughter at the hands of newly-arrived settlers drove the buffalo to the very brink of extinction. But luckily the story has a somewhat happy ending. The destruction was halted and the number of buffalo has risen again, although the days when a stampeding herd made a sound like thunder on the plains are probably gone forever.

Author: Ken Robbins
ISBN-10: 1416995366
ISBN-13: 9781416995364
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 03/12/2009
Pages: 36
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.30h x 8.30w x 0.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 47344 / Thunder on the Plains: The Story of the American Buffalo