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Barnum's Bones
How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World
By Tracey Fern
- ISBN
- 978-0-374-30516-1
- Publisher
- Ferguson Farrar
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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2012 | Fiction
At and around the turn of the last century, an eccentric dinosaur hunter dedicated himself to the discovery of a new species, and amassed along the way a peerless collection of fossilized skeletons for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Barnum Brown develops his zeal for bone hunting early, following behind his father's plow to gather unearthed fossils. He trains as a paleontologist and travels the American West, digging for...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Barnum Brown was an eccentric dinosaur hunter who, at and around the turn of the last century, amassed a peerless collection o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
