The Early West from Old West Books

Item 41 is a first edition of the great western writer Zane Grey's book The Last Plainsman, published in 1908. The book is based on the life of Charles “Buffalo” Jones, a one-time buffalo hunter and frontiersman who had a major change of heart. When he realized that his pray was becoming extinct, Buffalo Jones determined to save the species. He set up colonies of buffalo from the few remaining he could locate for breeding. His conservationist ways would earn him the admiration of President Theodore Roosevelt, and later, Zane Grey. This is a special copy of Grey's book as it is signed by Grey, Jones, and Jack Crawford, a western scout and frontiersman who worked with the likes of Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hillcock. The book was signed at a dinner honoring Jones' work in preserving the bison. $1,250.

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