Antelope Country: Pronghorns: The Last Americans

Valerius Geist, one of North America’s premier wildlife research biologists, shares his common-sense insights into the Great Plains’ pronghorn antelope. The pronghorn is the last surviving larger mammal of an era when the American plains was teeming with more species of wildlife than the African plains.

Geist, professor emeritus at the University of Calgary, is a specialist in animal behavior. Antelope Country explains how the fleet pronghorn was nearly wiped off the plains along with its bigger brother, the American bison, in the late 1800s. Geist also explores the pronghorn’s return to abundance through North America’s voluntary and legislative conservation efforts.

Accompanying Geist’s fascinating text is the breathtaking work of renowned wildlife photographer Michael Francis, which illustrates the pronghorn’s beauty and complexity.

- Fascinating historical and scientific insights into pronghorns and their prairie habitat
- The culmination of 30-plus years of pronghorn research
- 150 vivid full-color photographs of pronghorn antelope
- In-depth interpretation of pronghorn behavior and its evolutionary success