King of the Dinosaur Hunters : the life of John Bell Hatcher and the discoveries that shaped paleontology
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- ISBN: 9781681778655
- ISBN: 1681778653
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xxiv, 520 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm - Edition: First Pegasus Books edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Becoming Marsh's minion -- Marsh: the master -- Wrestling with rhinos, as well as authority -- Messin' with Texas and returning for rhinos -- Thunder beasts -- Tracking Triceratops and mining mini-mammals -- Pondering other options -- Hail the Hadrosaurs and trumpet Torosaurus -- An unexpected ending -- From Princeton to the Plains with an eye on Patagonia -- A tango with the tides among Patagonian panoramas -- Discovery followed by disease and disappointment -- Carnegie's colossus -- Hatcher's hiring and shenanigans at Sheep Creek -- Documenting Diplodocus along with a massive menagerie -- An eruption of research and astonishing acquisitions -- The curtain closes -- Woe and wrangling in the wake -- Appendices: 1. Contracts and agreements between O.C. Marsh and J.B. Hatcher -- 2. Year-by-year lists of specimens collected by Hatcher and his field crews |
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