The last buffalo

By Ed Kienzle

Subjects: Bison, Juvenile fiction, American Indians, Indians of North America

Description: "Little Kettle sadly watched the last buffalo fall lifeless to the ground in what he had come to call 'The Winter of the Red Snow.' Educated as a lawyer, he has been waging a legal war to protect the buffalo -- their killing sacntioned by the Interagency Bison Management Plan in Yellowstone National Park -- but he has been unable to stop the carnage. When his nephew Wyman is born, Little Kettle proclaims him the 'Keeper of the Buffalo' and instills in him a deep love for the buffalo as he grows. But the boy struggles under the weight of his title. At twelve years old, Wyman sets out on a great adventure in the wilderness of Yellowstone to save the buffalo -- a journey driven by his vivid and compelling dreams. With help from his friends Alex and Jacob, a peace pipe, an Indian maiden, and a mysterious shape shifter, Wyman is determined to discover the secret of his dreams and fulfill his role as the Keeper of the Buffalo"--Back cover.