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Buffalo Medicine
BUFFALO MEDICINE
Tension is running high in Big Sky country over the controversial slaughter of buffalo that wander outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park and onto land where cattle graze. At the heart of the dispute is "brucellosis," a dangerous disease that could devastate the cattle industry-and be transmitted to humans.
Veterinarian Jed McCane is working on a new vaccine that could wipe out the disease. It never occurs to him that anyone could feel threatened by his research--until someone tries to kill him. The attack brings an unlikely ally into his life: an activist from Buffalo Nation, a group determined to stop the slaughter of America's last free-roaming bison. It also devastates Jed's world: who are his friends? Who are his enemies?
Why would anyone object to a vaccine that could wipe out brucellosis forever? Jed must find the answer before time runs out, for both the buffalo and the safety of the world's food supply.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Tension is running high in Big Sky country over the controversial slaughter of buffalo that wander outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park and onto land where cattle graze. At the heart of the dispute is "brucellosis," a dangerous disease that could devastate the cattle industry-and be transmitted to humans.
Veterinarian Jed McCane is working on a new vaccine that could wipe out the disease. It never occurs to him that anyone could feel threatened by his research--until someone tries to kill him. The attack brings an unlikely ally into his life: an activist from Buffalo Nation, a group determined to stop the slaughter of America's last free-roaming bison. It also devastates Jed's world: who are his friends? Who are his enemies?
Why would anyone object to a vaccine that could wipe out brucellosis forever? Jed must find the answer before time runs out, for both the buffalo and the safety of the world's food supply.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
- GenresAdult Fiction
384 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2004
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November 2, 2015
The best books are those that are educational and entertaining at the same time. This is definitely one of those books!
I read Buffalo Medicine at the same time government officials were contemplating allowing the massacre of 300 Yellowstone buffalo. While April Christofferson is a fiction writer, she uses real facts and real locations in this book. Sometimes Buffalo Medicine was so realistic I found myself reading late into the night just to get a better understanding of the true Yellowstone drama and its likely outcome.
I'm not going to discuss the book's storyline, as you'll enjoy the plot twists more if you don't know what to expect. I just say this: If you're an environmentalists or a wildlife advocate, Buffalo Medicine will be your next favorite novel. And even if you don't have strong feelings about nature or animals, you'll still love this book. It's well written, unpredictable, and highly addictive.
Marty Essen, author of Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents
I read Buffalo Medicine at the same time government officials were contemplating allowing the massacre of 300 Yellowstone buffalo. While April Christofferson is a fiction writer, she uses real facts and real locations in this book. Sometimes Buffalo Medicine was so realistic I found myself reading late into the night just to get a better understanding of the true Yellowstone drama and its likely outcome.
I'm not going to discuss the book's storyline, as you'll enjoy the plot twists more if you don't know what to expect. I just say this: If you're an environmentalists or a wildlife advocate, Buffalo Medicine will be your next favorite novel. And even if you don't have strong feelings about nature or animals, you'll still love this book. It's well written, unpredictable, and highly addictive.
Marty Essen, author of Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents
January 19, 2013
Good outdoor mystery regarding the buffalo at Yellowstone National Park.
First Paragraphs
NOW THAT THE seed of distrust had been planted, Jed McCane felt it gnawing away at his insides like a maggot on dying flesh. Even the brilliant sunset over the Gravellys— pink cotton candy swirls against a blue that only Montana skies could deliver— failed to work its usual magic on his tired soul. He glanced at his watch. Nine o’clock. It would be well past eleven by the time he drove by the Double Jump. Too late to drop in unannounced on Rebecca, who, during the summer months, rose by four-thirty to put breakfast on the table for over a dozen ranch hands. Or maybe it wasn’t too late. Maybe dropping in unannounced … A flash of anger— not at Rebecca; but at himself, for the way his mind had been working recently— brought Jed’s fist down hard on the padded steering wheel of his pickup.
Christofferson, April (2004-08-01). Buffalo Medicine (p. 8). Forge Books. Kindle Edition.
First Paragraphs
NOW THAT THE seed of distrust had been planted, Jed McCane felt it gnawing away at his insides like a maggot on dying flesh. Even the brilliant sunset over the Gravellys— pink cotton candy swirls against a blue that only Montana skies could deliver— failed to work its usual magic on his tired soul. He glanced at his watch. Nine o’clock. It would be well past eleven by the time he drove by the Double Jump. Too late to drop in unannounced on Rebecca, who, during the summer months, rose by four-thirty to put breakfast on the table for over a dozen ranch hands. Or maybe it wasn’t too late. Maybe dropping in unannounced … A flash of anger— not at Rebecca; but at himself, for the way his mind had been working recently— brought Jed’s fist down hard on the padded steering wheel of his pickup.
Christofferson, April (2004-08-01). Buffalo Medicine (p. 8). Forge Books. Kindle Edition.
March 27, 2008
A decent novel that develops within the confines of the politics and cultural conflict surrounding the management of Yellowstone bison.
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