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- ↑ Dan Louie Flores, The Natural West: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. 2001. p. i. ISBN 9780806133041 . Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ↑ "Dan Flores". University of Montana. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ↑ https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-american-buffalo/about-the-filmmakers
- ↑ "'American Serengeti' wins Stubbendieck Great Plains book prize".
- ↑ "2016 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award Winners". 20 April 2017.
- ↑ "Western Heritage Award Winners".
- ↑ "2017 Pen/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award". 18 January 2017.
- ↑ "2017 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists". 18 January 2017.
- ↑ "Winners". 12 May 2012.
- ↑ "WILD NEW WORLD | Kirkus Reviews".
- ↑ "Coyote America: A Natural & Supernatural History by Dan Flores".
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- ↑ "American Serengeti". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ↑ Horizontal Yellow, back cover
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