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This title in other formats:Bone Wars: The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie's Dinosaurby Tom Rea
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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