Dragons, Unicorns, and Sea Serpents: A Classic Study of the Evidence for their Existence [Paperback]

Charles Gould (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 11, 2002

A geologist from the age of Darwin examines the fossil records and myths from civilizations throughout the world to illustrate the origins of legendary monsters, showing how extinct creatures such as the woolly rhinoceros might be construed as a unicorn and flying reptiles interpreted as dragons. 93 black-and-white illustrations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (November 11, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486424170
• ISBN-13: 978-0486424170
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,307,109 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book and well written, August 22, 2006

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J. Trieglaff (Wheaton, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dragons, Unicorns, and Sea Serpents: A Classic Study of the Evidence for their Existence (Paperback)

I was interested in this book when I came across it at a Bargain bookstore. I read that this guy lived at the time when Darwin was alive. I had to get this book when I looked through this book. I'm a creationist but nothing like this I really heard alot of. Charles Gould is pretty much trying to separate the mythologies with the reality. He does a good job in the book with showing that those myths could be explaining something that "really" existed and that this did "really" happen. I could go in to detail but this book is worth it to read it. It's a good book and is not a waste.