{"product_id":"the-buffalo-train-ride-hardcover","title":"The Buffalo Train Ride - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDesiree Webber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSandy Shropshire\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn October 11, 1907, three men climbed inside two livestock cars with fifteen woolly buffaloes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were about to make the most memorable trip of their lives. Bronx Zoo photographer Elwin Sanborn lay on a bed of hay. Next to him stood a wooden crate with a huge bull inside. Suddenly, through the slats, snaked a long, narrow tongue. It wrapped itself around a thatch of hay and jerked. Sanborn sat up with a start. He decided his bad-mannered roommate could have all the hay he could eat. No one wanted trouble. Only a wooden box separated Sanborn from a powerful set of horns. But, what an adventure! Sanborn, and the other two men, were traveling from New York City to Oklahoma Territory to save the bison from extinction. . . if all things happened as planned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Buffalo Train Ride \u003c\/strong\u003etells how people from New York, Washington, D.C., and Oklahoma banded together to save the regal buffalo from extinction. Human heroes battled train troubles, dangerous wolves, and the Texas fever disease to save the bison from going the way of the dinosaurs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty to sixty million buffalo once covered most of North America. By 1889, only a 1,000 remained. William Hornaday, director of the Bronx Zoo, worked with President Theodore Roosevelt and leaders in Oklahoma Territory. Together they created the first federal bison refuge in the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiddle grades, ages 9-13\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 108\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Buffalo Train Ride\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67849405366424,"sku":"9798999701732","price":25.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/SGb0LWyHZs9798999701732.webp?v=1793397062","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/the-buffalo-train-ride-hardcover","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}