The Border and the Buffalo: An Untold Story of the Southwest Plains / The Bloody Border of Missouri and Kansas. The Story of the Slaughter of the Buffalo. Westward among the Big Game and Wild Tribes. A Story of Mountain and Plain

The author offers first-person reminiscences of life on the southwestern plains, tracing childhood on a turbulent border, experiences hunting vast herds of buffalo, the techniques and commerce of hide gathering, and violent clashes with Indigenous warriors and guerrillas. The narrative mixes hunting lore and survival episodes—long treks, encounters with predators, camp life, and makeshift justice—with accounts of scouts and fellow hunters who guided or rescued parties. Interspersed are reflections on the ecological devastation caused by mass slaughter of buffalo and the hardships of frontier travel, together framing a portrait of rough-and-ready frontier communities, their routines, hazards, and codes of honor.