Barnum Brown : the man who discovered Tyrannosaurus rex /
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Language: | English |
Published: | Berkeley : University of California Press, [2010], ©2010. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue : the mindset of Barnum Brown
- Child of the frontier (1873-1889)
- Student- of sorts (1889-1896)
- Apprentice extraordinaire (1896-1898)
- To land's end : Patagonia (1898-1900)
- To the depths of Hell Creek (1900-1903)
- Love (1903-1906)
- Loss (1906-1910)
- The Canadian dinosaur bone rush (1910-1916)
- Cuba, Abyssinia, and other intrigues (1916-1923)
- Jewels from the Orient : Raj India (1921-1923)
- Perils and pearls up the Irrawaddy : Burma (1923)
- Samos : isle of intrigue (1923-1925)
- Ancient Americans hunting bison? Birds as dinosaurs? (1925-1931)
- Digging - and flying - for dinosaurs : Howe Quarry and the aerial survey of western fossil beds (1931-1935)
- Toward the golden years : the mystery track-maker and the Glen Rose Trackway (1935-1942)
- 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 of Tyrannosaurus rex
- Appendix 3. Summary of fossil collections by Barnum Brown and his AMNH crews.