{"product_id":"where-the-buffalo-roam-restoring-americas-great-plains-9780226510965","title":"Where the Buffalo Roam: Restoring America's Great Plains","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Anne Matthews\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Environmental Conservation \u0026amp; Protection - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1987 Frank and Deborah Popper proposed a bold solution to the decline of America's Great Plains: create a vast nature preserve by returning 139,000 square miles in ten states to prairie and reintroducing the buffalo that once roamed there. In \u003ci\u003eWhere the Buffalo Roam\u003c\/i\u003e, Anne Matthews follows the Poppers from Montana to Texas as they try to sell their idea called the Buffalo Commons; in the process, she introduces us to the people who love these arid windswept lands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This edition includes a new foreword by environmental historian Donald Worster. Matthews's new afterword describes how with growing support from Native Americans and private groups like the Nature Conservancy, the Poppers' dream of a Buffalo Commons is becoming a reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An admirably crafted book, as poignant and entertaining as it is informative.\"-\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A priceless piece of Americana.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Matthew's delightful account of the Poppers, their proposal and the controversy surrounding it does focus new attention on the region and its problems.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Bright, active, effective journalism. . . . An extremely savvy overlook of the dilemmas of the Great Plains.\"-Wallace Stegner \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46897616912535,"sku":"9780226510965","price":3249.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226510965.webp?v=1770363625","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/where-the-buffalo-roam-restoring-americas-great-plains-9780226510965","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}