R. D. Rosen Buffalo in the House

Annotation

From a #1 New York Timesbestselling author, ';a heartwarming tale of bonding between people and animals' (Booklist). A sprawling suburban house in Santa Fe is not the kind of home where a buffalo normally roams, but Veryl Goodnight and Roger Brooks are not your ordinary animal lovers. Over a hundred years after Veryl's ancestors, Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight, hand-raised two baby buffalo to help save the species from extinction, the sculptor and her husband adopt an orphaned buffalo calf of their own. Against a backdrop of the American West,A Buffalo in the Housetells the story of a household situation beyond any sitcom writer's wildest dreams. Charlie has no idea he's a buffalo and Roger has no idea just how strong the bond between man and buffalo can be. In the historical shadow of the near-extermination of a majestic and misunderstood animal, Roger sets out to save just one buffaloin a true story featuring ';one of the most memorable characters in recent nature writing' (Publishers Weekly). ';More than a touching man-beast buddy tale... lovingly chronicles the history of an embattled species and its importance in the American West.' Entertainment Weekly ';Moving proof of the restorative powers of man's relationship with nature.' People