Full name: Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch

Author: Dan O'Brien Year: 2001 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Memoirs, Animals Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780375761393 037576139X

For twenty years Dan O'Brien struggled to make ends meet on his cattle ranch in South Dakota. But when a neighbor invited him to lend a hand at the annual buffalo roundup, O'Brien was inspired to convert his own ranch, the Broken Heart, to buffalo. Starting with thirteen calves, "short-necked, golden balls of wool," O'Brien embarked on a journey that returned buffalo to his land for the first time in more than a century and a half. Buffalo for the Broken Heart is at once a tender account of the buffaloes' first seasons on the ranch and an engaging lesson in wildlife ecology. Whether he's describing the grazing pattern of the buffalo, the thrill of watching a falcon home in on its prey, or the comical spectacle of a buffalo bull wallowing in the mud, O'Brien combines a novelist's eye for detail with a naturalist's understanding to create an enriching, entertaining narrative. Similar books: Marley & Me by John Grogan Until Tuesday by Luis Carlos Montalvan Amazing Gracie by Dan Dye Finding Gobi by Dion Leonard Dog Medicine by Julie Barton Modoc by Ralph Helfer Love, Life, and Elephants by Daphne Sheldrick The Faraway Horses by Buck Brannaman All Dogs Go to Kevin by Jessica Vogelsang Cat Daddy by Jackson Galaxy Oogy by Larry Levin Chosen By A Horse by Susan Richards A Dog Called Hope by Jason Morgan Running with Sherman by Christopher McDougall The Man Who Listens to Horses by Monty Roberts The Good Good Pig by Sy Montgomery The Wilderness Family by Kobie Kruger Rescuing Sprite by Mark R. Levin Scent of the Missing by Susannah Charleson Last Dog on the Hill by Steve Duno