Fossils: A Guide to Prehistoric Life (A Golden nature guide) (Paperback)

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Product Description

Golden has one of the most authoritative and largest selections of nature guide available. Perfect for nature lovers of all ages, this guide to fossils is a convenient size for outdoor use on field projects, hiking, and vacations. Full-color illustrations, non-technical language, and up-to-date range maps complete this comprehensive pocket reference.

About the Author

Golden Guides first appeared in 1949 and quickly established themselves as authorities on subjects from Natural History to Science. Relaunched in 2000, Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press feature modern, new covers as part of a multi-year, million-dollar program to revise, update, and expand the complete line of guides for a new generation of students.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Golden Books Pub Co (Adult) (August 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307244113
• ISBN-13: 978-0307244116
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 3.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #834,820 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only For Beginners!, March 27, 2000

By	BARKIN ELDEM (TURKEY) - See all my reviews

This little guide is the best choice for beginners and children. Book gives the reader an idea about what a fossil is, where and how they can be found, and some information about major fossils. All the pictures are hand drawn illustrations, so that they are not very detailed but still OK for kids and beginers. (I liked it when I was young!)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fossil Hunting- Hide and Seek for the New Millenium, March 28, 2000

By A Customer

I can remember pouring over the pictures in this book,using my book light,long after the final lights out call from my parents. I traveled back in time, imagining dinosaur growls and prehistoric seashells. By day, I would wander the acreage on my Grandma's farm, scouring the weedy earth for the slightest hint of ancient rock or dinosaur footprint. I wanted my school-age children to enjoy the imaginative art of archeology and paleantology and immediately remembered my favorite book, Fossils: A Guide to Prehistoric Life. I was delighted to see that it was still in print with the same exciting drawings. I immediatley ordered my copy! I then decided to order a copy for my kids! This is a great book that will encourage your children to look beyond the video games and satellite channels and into the fascinating world of the ancient past.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best information I have read, November 6, 2006

By	L. Putnam "fossil digger" (Kemmerer, WY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Fossils (A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press) (Paperback)

I own a fossil quarry and this book explains better about our fossils than the other books that the fossil stores carry around here. I recommend this book very much.