A Pennsylvania Bison Hunt

Henry Shoemaker collected the details of the bison he believed were native to Pennsylvania in the early days, including his imagined Bison americanus Pennsylvanicus, a smaller wood bison that lived among the forests of the Keystone State. Included are anecdotes and details from the experts on the subject in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Most entertaining, however, are the tales and descriptions of the various legendary hunters of the region, who hunted and shot them. This newly edited and indexed edition includes a foreword by Lawrence Knorr and numerous new annotations detailing and supporting or refuting the claims made by Shoemaker. Details about the men mentioned by Shoemaker are also provided, when they could be found. Readers of this new edition will now be entertained by Shoemaker's stories and be able to locate and visit the graves of those brave men who trekked through the endless mountains and river valleys of Pennsylvania.

Included in this volume:

• Foreword
• Introduction
• I. Definitely Located
• II. Description
• III. The Passing
• IV. The Last Stand
• V. Last of His Race
• VI. Reintroduced
• VII. Daniel Ott

The hunters or experts mentioned and pictured in this book include:

• Colonel John Kelly
• William Temple Hornaday
• Jacob Quiggle
• Daniel Ott
• Johann David Schoepff,
• Peter Kalm
• Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin
• Joel Asaph Allen
• Samuel Nicholson Rhoads
• Jacob Wren Zimmerman
• Thomas Ashe
• Samuel McClellan
• Michael Grove
• Jonas J. Barnett
• Cornelius Cromley
• Harry Clay Trexler
• George Washington Wagenseller