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Jason Russell | From the March 2024 issue

The population of bison, North America's signature charismatic mammal, went from around 60 million in 1800 to just 300 by the dawn of the 20th century. Therein lies one hell of a story, told startlingly well by Ken Burns in his two-part series The American Buffalo.

Burns, North America's signature documentarian, is famous for taking huge swings at mighty subjects: baseball, the Civil War,........

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