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Bone wars : the excavation and celebrity of Andrew Carnegie's dinosaur / Tom Rea ; with a foreword by Matthew C. Lamanna ; and a new afterword by Tom Rea.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rea, Tom, 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919.
- Carnegie, Andrew.
- Paleontology--United States--History--20th century.
- Paleontology.
- Diplodocus.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Twentieth anniversary edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Matthew C. Lamanna
- 1. Diplodocus carnegii
- 2. The Freehearted Frontier Hunter
- 3. The Most Colossal Animal
- 4. Culture in the Iron City
- 5. A Lizard in Wyoming Politics
- 6. Uncle Sam's Land
- 7. Hewn into Fragments
- 8. Some Good Luck at Last
- 9. The Ample Fossil Fields
- 10. Noble Champions of Truth
- 11. Patagonia
- 12. No More Reeds, No More Wortmans
- 13. Southern Dreams
- 14. When the Flag Drops
- 15. Heads and Tails
- 16. Celebrity
- Epilogue
- Afterword by Tom Rea
- Milestones
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Notes:
- Index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 18, 2021).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Rea, Tom Bone Wars
- ISBN:
- 9780822988472
- 082298847X
- Publisher Number:
- 99988444145
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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