IMportant People 3-18-09: Steve Rinella
On this week’s IMportant People, we’ll learn more about the city of Buffalo’s
namesake. Steven Rinella is the author of American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost
Icon and The Scavenger’s Guide to Haute Cuisine. This outdoor adventurer shares
his experiences in the wild and the lessons he’s learned about the largest land
mammal in North American. In American Buffalo, Rinella describes his experience
of hunting wild buffalo in Alaska and the significance of the animal to American
history—including our own city.