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Bone Wars: The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie's Dinosaur

by Tom Rea

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Tom Rea traces the evolution of scientific thought regarding dinosaurs and reveals the deception, hostility, and sometimes outright aggression present in the early years of fossil hunting. This book details one of the most famous--and notorious--dinosaur skeletons ever discovered: "Diplodocus carnegii," named after Andrew Carnegie.

Synopsis:

"Carnegie's agent, a man named Holland, found himself drawn into a tumultuous race for the biggest and best skeleton yet. Very few tactics were considered too heinous to be employed by someone. As the museums and universities lured away and recruited one another's scientists and fossil prospectors, Holland explored loopholes in the land-claim laws that might allow him to take possession of land on which discoveries had already been made. Others, in the fields, smashed and destroyed dinosaur bones so that no one else would find them intact. Rea pieces together countless bits of information to construct an overall picture of this period of scientific discovery." — Booklist

Product Details

ISBN:
9780822958468
Subtitle:
The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie's Dinosaur
Author:
Rea, Tom
Publisher:
University of Pittsburgh Press
Subject:
History
Subject:
Paleontology
Subject:
United States - 19th Century/Turn of the Century
Publication Date:
May 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
276
Dimensions:
8.90x5.68x.76 in. .97 lbs.

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