This lot includes the Western classic, "The Indian, volume II" published 1897, written by George Bird Grinnell. An American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer, Grinnell was known and recognized as a prominent early conservationist and student of Native American life. Grinnell has been recognized for his influence on public opinion and work on legislation to preserve the American bison. Mount Grinnell in Glacier National Park in Montana is named after Grinnell. Grinnell’s books and publications reflect his lifelong learnings about the ways of northern American plains and the Plains tribes. Along with J. A. Allen and William T. Hornaday, Grinnell was a historian of the buffalo and their relationship to Plains tribal culture. This is a library copy from St. Peter's College (now university) former high school section, St. Peter's Prepatory School. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. The condition is fair to good, the gold gilted (front cover) red clothbound covers are detached, library replaced spine, edges cloth are rubbed, page top edges are also gold gilted, though fore and bottom edges appear deckled from age, pages are fragile. 8.25"H x 5.75"W x .75"D