Prologue - The StandOne - "Wild and Wooly"Two - "Self-Denial"Three - "Barbarism Pure and Simple"Four - "I Felled a Mighty Bison"Five - "The Guns of Other Hunters"Six - "That Will Mean an Indian War"Seven - "Ere Long Exterminated"Eight - "A Weekly Journal"Nine - "No Longer a Place for Them"Ten - "Blundering, Plundering"Eleven - "The Meanest Work I Ever Did"Twelve - "A Terror to Evil-Doers"Thirteen - "A Single Rock"Fourteen - "For All It Is Worth"Fifteen - "Simple Majesty"Epilogue - The Last Stand - "Something Unprecedented"AcknowledgmentsNotes Index
Michael Punke is a former lawyer whose professional experience includes work on the White House National Security Council and on Capitol Hill. He is the author of three books, including Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917 and The Revenant. He lives in Montana with his family.
""By providing short accounts of these two complementary activities, Punke presents an interesting array of conflicts, western expansion, wildlife conservation, eastern politicians, railroad lobbyists, power of the press, and concerned citizen participation. . . . A well-documented history of Grinnell's environmental activities and the quick near-extermination of bison.""—Choice|“Michael Punke’s meticulously researched Last Stand chronicles the transformation of the Great Plains from untouched wilderness in the mid-19th century to a land, less than 30 years later, where the future of wildlife hung in the balance.”—Audubon (Editors’ Choice)|“The heart of this book and its best part is the tale of how [Grinnell’s] career was put to use saving the bison from extinction—a decision that could have gone the other way in an instant. `One person can make a difference, indeed all the difference,’ Punke writes in closing. Through Grinnell, he makes a powerful case.”—Kirkus Reviews
""By providing short accounts of these two complementary activities, Punke presents an interesting array of conflicts, western expansion, wildlife conservation, eastern politicians, railroad lobbyists, power of the press, and concerned citizen participation. . . . A well-documented history of Grinnell's environmental activities and the quick near-extermination of bison.""-Choice|"Michael Punke's meticulously researched Last Stand chronicles the transformation of the Great Plains from untouched wilderness in the mid-19th century to a land, less than 30 years later, where the future of wildlife hung in the balance."-Audubon (Editors' Choice)|"The heart of this book and its best part is the tale of how [Grinnell's] career was put to use saving the bison from extinction-a decision that could have gone the other way in an instant. `One person can make a difference, indeed all the difference,' Punke writes in closing. Through Grinnell, he makes a powerful case."-Kirkus Reviews
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