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KEN BURNS FILM EXPLORES HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN BUFFALO Two-Part, Four-Hour Film Traces the Near Demise – and Ultimate Return – of the U.S. National Mammal, While Examining the Species’ Conne

KEN BURNS FILM EXPLORES HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN BUFFALO Two-Part, Four-Hour Film Traces the Near Demise – and Ultimate Return – of the U.S. National Mammal, While Examining the Species’ Conne

KEN BURNS FILM EXPLORES HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN BUFFALO Two-Part, Four-Hour Film Traces the Near Demise – and Ultimate Return – of the U.S. National Mammal, While Examining the Species’ Conne

Brutal forces decimated the American buffalo, according to authors Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns whose book compliments the PBS series "The American Buffalo."

“Blood Memory: The Tragic and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo” by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns; © 2023, Knopf; 331 pages.

”Blood Memory: The Tragic and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo” by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns; 2023, Knopf $40.00 331 pages

The following books are available at the Transylvania County Library. The book synopses are from Goodreads.

Ken Burns Returns with The American Buffalo

The documentarian talks about his new series on the American Buffalo and how its destruction became a cautionary symbol of what was to come

But the other, lesser-known part of this story, told in the film’s second episode, is about the people who set out to save the species from extermination and how they did it.