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The monster's bones the discovery of T. Rex and how it shook our world

From prehistory to present day, from remote Patagonia to the unforgiving badlands of the American West to the penthouses of Manhattan, this riveting narrative follows a fearless paleontologist who, after unearthing the first T-Rex fossils, saved NY's struggling American Museum of Natural Histor...

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Main Author: Randall, David K. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2022]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, > 1857-1935.
Paleontologists > Biography.
Tyrannosaurus rex > History.
Biographies.
Summary: From prehistory to present day, from remote Patagonia to the unforgiving badlands of the American West to the penthouses of Manhattan, this riveting narrative follows a fearless paleontologist who, after unearthing the first T-Rex fossils, saved NY's struggling American Museum of Natural History.
Physical Description: xvii, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.
ISBN: 9781324006534
1324006536
Author Notes: David K. Randall is the New York Times best-selling author of four books, including Dreamland and Black Death at the Golden Gate . His writing has appeared in the New York Times , Wall Street Journal , and elsewhere. A senior reporter at Reuters, he lives in Montclair, New Jersey.

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