American Buffalo

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Before the 19th century, buffalo roamed North America freely and numbered an estimated 40 million. Within a century, there were only a few hundred left. Steven Rinella looks into the long, complex relationship between humans and buffalo in his new book, American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon.

Event:
Steven Rinella will be reading and signing books
Tues. Jan. 6 at 7 pm
at the Tribeca Barnes & Noble
97 Warren Street (at Greenwich St)

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