Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch

For twenty years Dan O'Brien struggled to make ends meet on his cattle ranch in South Dakota. But when a neighbor invited him to lend a hand at the annual buffalo roundup, O'Brien was inspired to convert his own ranch, the Broken Heart, to buffalo. Starting with thirteen calves, "short-necked, golden balls of wool," O'Brien embarked on a journey that returned buffalo to his land for the first time in more than a century and a half.

Buffalo for the Broken Heart is at once a tender account of the buffaloes' first seasons on the ranch and an engaging lesson in wildlife ecology. Whether he's describing the grazing pattern of the buffalo, the thrill of watching a falcon home in on its prey, or the comical spectacle of a buffalo bull wallowing in the mud, O'Brien combines a novelist's eye for detail with a naturalist's understanding to create an enriching, entertaining narrative.

Author: Dan O'Brien
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: 10/08/2002
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.30w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780375761393
ISBN10: 037576139X
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Animals | Mammals
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture | Animal Husbandry
- Nature | Animals | Wildlife

About the Author
Dan O'Brien, a writer and buffalo rancher, is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction about the West. He has worked as an endangered-species biologist and an English teacher. He lives in Whitewood, South Dakota.