The monster's bones: the discovery of T. Rex and how it shook our world
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New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2022].
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Book
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First Edition.
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xvii, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, photographs ; 24 cm
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Mellen Adult Nonfiction
560.92 RAN
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In the dust of the Gilded Age Bone Wars, two vastly different men emerge with a mission to fill the empty halls of New York’s struggling American Museum of Natural History: Henry Fairfield Osborn, a privileged socialite whose reputation rests on the museum’s success, and intrepid Kansas-born fossil hunter Barnum Brown.When Brown unearths the first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils in the Montana wilderness, forever changing the world of paleontology, Osborn sees a path to save his museum from irrelevancy. With four-foot-long jaws capable of crushing the bones of its prey and hips that powered the animal to run at speeds of 25 miles per hour, the T. Rex suggests a prehistoric ecosystem more complex than anyone imagined. As the public turns out in droves to cower before this bone-chilling giant of the past and wonder at the mysteries of its disappearance, Brown and Osborn together turn dinosaurs from a biological oddity into a beloved part of culture.The Monster’s BonesNew York Times
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781324006534, 1324006536
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-250) and index.
Description
In the dust of the Gilded Age Bone Wars, two vastly different men emerge with a mission to fill the empty halls of New Yorks struggling American Museum of Natural History: Henry Fairfield Osborn, a privileged socialite whose reputation rests on the museums success, and intrepid Kansas-born fossil hunter Barnum Brown. When Brown unearths the first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossils in the Montana wilderness, forever changing the world of paleontology, Osborn sees a path to save his museum from irrelevancy. With four-foot-long jaws capable of crushing the bones of its prey and hips that powered the animal to run at speeds of 25 miles per hour, the T. Rex suggests a prehistoric ecosystem more complex than anyone imagined. As the public turns out in droves to cower before this bone-chilling giant of the past and wonder at the mysteries of its disappearance, Brown and Osborn together turn dinosaurs from a biological oddity into a beloved part of culture.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Randall, D. K. (2022). The monster's bones: the discovery of T. Rex and how it shook our world. First Edition. New York, NY, W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Randall, David K.. 2022. The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World. New York, NY, W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Randall, David K., The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World. New York, NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Randall, David K.. The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World. First Edition. New York, NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.
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