Frontier Farewell: The 1870s and the End of the Old West

By Garrett Wilson

"'Buffalo ' The old horseman struggled to his feet and boldly began his toast with glass held high, his weather-worn visage conspicuous in the room full of young men. Then 'BUFFALO, ' this time more quietly. Then, after a long pause, 'buffalo, ' almost in a whisper..."

Thus Garrett Wilson introduces his epic account of the 1870s, a decade that saw unprecedented changes come to the Great Plains of North America: famine, fire, and pestilence--the disappearance of the buffalo--the last stand of the Sioux and the Metis--the Boundary Survey and the "March West" of the North-West Mounted Police--men like Dumont, Walsh, Macleod, and Sitting Bull--all encompassed within a brief 10 years, which saw the disappearance of the Old West, and the birth of a new society.

Told with wit, sensitivity, and panache, Frontier Farewell explodes old myths and brings new perspectives to this pivotal era in the development of the North American West.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889773610
• ISBN13: 9780889773615
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Length: 525 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"