Bones for Barnum Brown: Adventures of a Dinosaur Hunter [Hardcover]

Roland Thaxter Bird (Author)

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R. T. Bird, as he was called, made spectacular finds of dinosaur remains in the West during the 1930s. In later years he recalled the excitement of the finds; the dangers, frustrations, and fun of the camps; the brilliance of Brown, for many years curator of vertebrate paleontology of the American Museum of Natural History; and the drudgery of assembling the fragments to create some of the most spectacular displays in the world. Bird was a natural writ erdirect, understated, often witty. A concise introduction to vertebrate pale ontology, careful editing, and skillful captioning under the many photographs and drawings contribute to a lively vol ume for anyone interested in fossil- hunting in general and dinosaurs in par ticular. A good choiece for special collections and public and high school libraries. Walter C. Allen, GSLIS, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 225 pages
• Publisher: Texas Christian Univ Pr (October 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875650074
• ISBN-13: 978-0875650074
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,979,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Dinosaur Tracker's Adventures, September 18, 2007

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This review is from: Bones for Barnum Brown: Adventures of a Dinosaur Hunter (Hardcover)

While the legendary R.T. travelled across the US and Mexico on his Harley (with camper sidecar), he kept his eyes open for curious objects. After years showing prize dairy cattle, he started his paleontological career with the finding of a new and special amphibian fossil. He ws soon mapping the mass of dinosaur bones at the Howe Quarry site for the famous Barnum Brown of the American Museum of Natural History, and continued that association while searching for foot prints of dinosaurs. This eventually led to Glen Rose, Texas where there were reports of large, three-toed tracks on and in the Paluxy River. While clearing some of these for photographing, he discovered that some large pits close by were really tracks of a creature with feet 38 inches long. A sauropod, the first ever so attributed! This book recounts many of this great man's finds and travails, a readable account certainly worth buying.