Calls to change how Yellowstone bison are managed have been given new life this spring, following the deadliest year on record for the national park’s wild herds. Nearly 1,200 bison were killed by tribal and state hunters this year, after a harsh winter drove the animals to leave the park in high numbers. That’s closeContinue reading “After devastating winter, groups renew push to change Yellowstone bison management”
Author Archives: johnsutthoffnewman
Billings Gazette
Activists decry bison ‘hunt’ north of Yellowstone National Park Original story Play Video Buffalo Field Campaign has filmed hunters firing at bison toward the highway, placing drivers at obvious risk. In 18 years of working to protect Yellowstone National Park bison, advocate Stephany Seay said she has never seen such a slaughter. Tribal hunters haveContinue reading “Billings Gazette”
Review
Hi John, Thank you for the autographed edition of your novel, Buffalo Dreamers. I found it hard to put down, and I enjoyed it very much. The Buffalo Dreamers focuses on some Montana issues that aren’t going away soon and provokes important conversations. I am reminded of those conversations every morning that IContinue reading “Review”
Publishers Weekly/Booklife Review
Here is a third party review from Publishers Weekly/Booklife Buffalo Dreamers is Newman’s novel about the way of the buffalo—and about those looking to preserve this way of life, and those looking to thwart it. Set in rural Montana, it opens with Sam Comstock, an Iraq war veteran looking to heal past traumas in his newContinue reading “Publishers Weekly/Booklife Review”
Kirkus Review
Here is a “recommended” review from a trusted third party professional source: BUFFALO DREAMERS BY JOHN NEWMAN ‧ RELEASE DATE: 9/22 A psychologically scarred Iraq War veteran casts his lot with a diverse group of Native Americans desperately trying to save a band of bison from slaughter in Newman’s modern Western novel. Sam Comstock is under contract withContinue reading “Kirkus Review”
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