Assembling the Dinosaur: Fossil Hunters, Tycoons, and the Making of a Spectacle by Lukas Rieppel

Assembling the Dinosaur: Fossil Hunters, Tycoons, and the Making of a Spectacle

Lukas Rieppel

336 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
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A lively account of how dinosaurs became a symbol of American power and prosperity and gripped the popular imagination during the Gilded Age, when their fossil remains were collected and displayed in museums financed by North America's wealthiest ...

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