Martin S. Garretson (1866–1955) was one of the charter members of the Original American Bison Society* founded in the New York Zoological Park Dec. 8, 1905. Older and better-known men held the main title in the Society at first, but within a dozen years Garretson was elected as secretary, a key post. Several years later he was also made curator of the National Museum of Heads and Horns, situated in a stylish building on the zoo grounds.
This book ... more like a pamphlet ... is an original 1934 printing - first edition - of what later became Garretson's then landmark and all inclusive work. Only three of these, but they are very special. You will note the original price shown in the last pages of the book.
From his key positions he gathered the information used in writing The American Bison, a landmark book published by the zoo in 1938. In his brief account of the American Bison Society, Garretson notes there were only two government herds when it started, in Yellowstone Park and in the Washington, D.C., zoo. American Bison Society members helped stock the Wichita Game Preserve in Oklahoma and then pushed for the establishment and stocking of the Moiese Refuge in Montana.
Garretson has been inducted into the National BIson Association Hall of Fame as one of the true workhorse saviors of the American bison
Personal note *(not the current copycat and self interested group using the term "bison" as a way to garner money. Very very few, if any of their current members actually own or work with bison ... and they actually espouse "rewilding" animals that they have no rights to.).