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Discover Texas Dinosaurs: Where They Lived, How They Lived, and the Scientists Who Study Them

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One could not want a more well-written or interesting book about paleontology and dinosaurs. The quality is supreme, pictures are the best ever, and content is contagious. It makes the reader feel part of the conversation. Finsley's book gives the reader impetus to become an active digger! Charles Finsley is a master of communicating with the printed word. A must read for all ages!

Charles E. Finsley certainly succeeds in in his stated objective of making the story of dinosaurs in Texas into a twentieth-century story. The photographs of fossils as well as the fossil finders are great. The text is informative, comprehensive and slanted for the amateur in search of an overview of the story of Texas dinosaurs.

Mr. Charles E. Finsley give a great picture of the Texas contributions to dinosaur paleontology. Doris Tischler drawings give you not only posture, but feeding habits, behavior and a dynamical perspective of how the Dinosaurs lived. Mr. Langston experience gives a great complement with his participation. If you like dinosaurs, you'll finish this book in just two days! but you'll use it all your life.

Support your local paleontologist. This simple phrase describes much of what is learned from this interesting little book. Within, the reader learns where Texas stands in the search for our dinosaur heritage. Using an understandable geologic timeline, the Mesozoic story is told with a Texan viewpoint. Leading professional and amateur paleontologists are showcased as the significant sleuths in the story of how hard it is to find, prepare, study and display dinosaur fossils. Their personal experience educates the reader to the scarcity and importance of material and the hard work that has accumulated information throughout the generations. Using simple enough language for a child but having enough information for the average reader this book is easy to read and quite informative. Throughout, thought provoking questions and "did you know?" tidbits are added to instill in the reader the desire to go hunting dinosaurs for themselves.