Dan O'Brien (author)
Encyclopedia
Dan O’Brien is an author and through his Wild Idea Buffalo Company – a rancher. His 2001 book Buffalo for The Broken Heart – titled from his ranch
in the Black Hills
, South Dakota
, The Broken Heart – is his eighth book. Two of his earlier books, 'The Rites of Autumn' and 'Equinox' recount his pursuit of falconry. O'Brien was involved with The Peregrine Foundation's work in re-introducing the Peregrine to North America following the species' decimation due to DDT use.
, #8150, July 21/22, 2007, p. 24.
Ranch
A ranch is an area of landscape, including various structures, given primarily to the practice of ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle or sheep for meat or wool. The word most often applies to livestock-raising operations in the western United States and Canada, though...
in the Black Hills
Black Hills
The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, USA. Set off from the main body of the Rocky Mountains, the region is something of a geological anomaly—accurately described as an "island of...
, South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
, The Broken Heart – is his eighth book. Two of his earlier books, 'The Rites of Autumn' and 'Equinox' recount his pursuit of falconry. O'Brien was involved with The Peregrine Foundation's work in re-introducing the Peregrine to North America following the species' decimation due to DDT use.
Works
- Eminent Domain, 1987.
- Spirit of the Hills, 1988.
- The Rites of Autumn: a Falconer's Journey Across the American West, 1988.
- In the Center of the Nation, 1991.
- Brendan Prairie, 1996.
- Equinox: Life, Loves, and Birds of Prey, 1997.
- The Contract Surgeon: A Novel, 1999.
- Buffalo for The Broken Heart, 2001.
- The Indian Agent: A Novel, 2004.
Further reading
Caroline de Bodinat, "Bisonours" (Bearfalo) (photograph: Jérôme Brézillon), in Portraits (Pictures), LibérationLibération
Libération is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Originally a leftist newspaper, it has undergone a number of shifts during the 1980s and 1990s...
, #8150, July 21/22, 2007, p. 24.