Dan O'Brien (author)

For other people named Dan O'Brien, see Dan O'Brien (disambiguation).

Dan O’Brien (born November 23, 1947 in Findlay, Ohio) is an author and through his Wild Idea Buffalo Company – a rancher. His 2001 book Buffalo for The Broken Heart – titled from his ranch in the Black Hills, South Dakota, The Broken Heart – is his eighth book. Two of his earlier books, 'The Rites of Autumn' and 'Equinox' recount his pursuit of falconry. O'Brien was involved with The Peregrine Foundation's work in re-introducing the Peregrine to North America following the species' decimation due to DDT use.

Works

• Eminent Domain, 1987.
• Spirit of the Hills, 1988.
• The Rites of Autumn: a Falconer's Journey Across the American West, 1988.
• In the Center of the Nation, 1991.
• Brendan Prairie, 1996.
• Equinox: Life, Loves, and Birds of Prey, 1997.
• The Contract Surgeon: A Novel, 1999.
• Buffalo for The Broken Heart, 2001.
• The Indian Agent: A Novel, 2004.

Further reading

• (French) Caroline de Bodinat, "Bisonours" (Bearfalo) (photograph: Jérôme Brézillon), in Portraits (Pictures), Libération, #8150, July 21/22, 2007, p. 24.

External links

• Wild Idea Buffalo Company.
• « Broken Heart » Buffalo Leather.
• (French) What does his French publisher, Au diable vauvert, think of him.

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