Barnum Brown : the man who discovered Tyrannosaurus rex /
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| Author / Creator: | Dingus, Lowell. |
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| Imprint: | Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010. |
| Description: | xiv, 368 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8002741 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Prologue: The Mindset of Barnum Brown
- 1. Child of the Frontier (1873-1889)
- 2. Student ... of Sorts (1889-1896)
- 3. Apprentice Extraordinaire (1896-1898)
- 4. To Land's End: Patagonia (1898-1900)
- 5. To the Depths of Hell Creek (1900-1903)
- 6. Love (1903-1906)
- 7. Loss (1906-1910)
- 8. The Canadian Dinosaur Bone Rush (1910-1916)
- 9. Cuba, Abyssinia, and Other Intrigues (1916-1921)
- 10. Jewels from the Orient: Raj India (1921-1923)
- 11. Perils and Pearls Up the Irrawaddy: Burma (1923)
- 11. Samos: Isle of Intrigue (1923-1925)
- 13. Ancient Americans Hunting Bison? Birds as Dinosaurs? (1925;ndash;1931)
- 14. Digging--and Flying--for Dinosaurs: Howe Quarry and the Aerial Survey of Western Fossil Beds (1931-1935)
- 15. Toward the Golden Years: The Mystery Track-Maker and the Glen Rose Trackway (1935-1942)
- 16. Brown as a Spy, Movie Consultant, and Showman at the World's Fair (1942-1963)
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1. List of Major Specimens Collected by Barnum Brown on Display in the AMNH Fossil Halls
- Appendix 2. Memoirs of Barnum Brown: Discovery, Excavation, and Preparation of the Type Specimen Tyrannosaurus rex
- Appendix 3. Summary of Fossil Collections by Barnum Brown and His AMNH Crews
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
