Prairie Ghost

by Richard E. McCabe, Richard E. McCabe, Bart W. O'Gara

"Thorough and well-written, this work intertwines the importance of the pronghorn in the cultures of prehistoric and historic Native Americans and more recently, Europeans. . . . The book is lavishly illustrated with sketches and photographs of pronghorns in ancient pictographs and real life. . . . Nearly twenty color plates by various artists show the fascination that this species holds for many people for purely aesthetic reasons."
--Choice Magazine "I recommend this book especially for the richness of its documentary voice. . . . This is an intensely firsthand tale, and the authors are generous in letting the witnesses to several centuries of pronghorn history speak for themselves. . . . You will find Prairie Ghost an incomparable overview of the changing fates of this important and beautiful animal."
--Paul Schullery, Yellowstone National Park, in The Magazine of Western History This lavishly illustrated companion volume to Ecology and Management is now available in paperback. The only one of fourteen pronghorn-like genera to survive the great extinction caused by human migration into North America, the pronghorn has a long and unique history of interaction with humans on the continent, a history that until now has remained largely unwritten.

175 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2004

Reviews

[Zinger · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book contains a wealth of information about Pronghorn and human interactions. This book is not only the story of the near extinction of Pronghorn, but also the story of the demise of the Native American's way of life and the end of the wild west.

Each of the topics covered start with prehistory times and go through to modern times. Topics covered include capturing and hunting techniques,weapons used to hunt, cooking, preserving and other uses of pronghorn, religious, artwork and many more...

Lots of pictures, tables, and references.