Why read The Last Buffalo Hunter?

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The Last Buffalo Hunter is one of the few surviving oral accounts of the old North-West during the late nineteenth century, providing a valuable record of the spirit and romance of a way of life that ended with the demise of the once-vast buffalo herds.

Mary Weekes first met Norbert…

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1 author picked The Last Buffalo Hunter as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Boni Thompson

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This book was a treasure I found by accident while researching for my current project. It is based on the stories of one of the last buffalo hunters and fur traders of the prairies, Norbert Welsh. He tells his story to Mary in 1931 when he is 87 and blind. His stories will curl your hair. How the west was settled has a whole new perspective thanks to his honest, don't sugar coat it style. Learn how to take down a buffalo, cut off its head, keep the tongue for dinner, skin the pelt so your wife can stretch it…

From Boni's 3 favorite reads in 2025.