An infamous feud between fossil hunters is spun into a Dr. Seuss-inspired American tale in this playful introduction to fossil hunting based on an actual historical event.
This first book in the Unhinged History series is a ripping yarn-full of adventure and deceit-that brings to life the best-known public spat in all of paleontology: the bitter rivalry between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh.
This frenzy of discovery and one-upmanship-known today as the Bone Wars-was a gold rush-like scramble to find the most and "best" dinosaur fossils, thus bringing to glory to their respective home-base universities.
Lively and witty rhymes plus wonderfully demented illustrations reveal how the paleontologists' infamous rivalry began, and how-despite making genuine and lasting contributions to the field-their mutual obsession with outdoing one another spun out of control.
| ISBN: | 9780764353949 |
| Publication date: | 28th September 2017 |
| Author: | Ted Enik |
| Illustrator: | G F Newland |
| Publisher: | Schiffer Kids an imprint of Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 48 pages |
| Series: | Unhinged History |
| Genres: |
Dinosaurs Educational: Sciences, general science Children’s / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes Poetry Books for Children History |
An infamous feud between fossil hunters is spun into a Dr. Seuss-inspired American tale in this playful introduction to fossil hunting based on an actual historical event. This first book in the Unhinged History series is a ripping yarn-full of adventure and deceit-that brings to life the best-known public spat in all of paleontology: the bitter rivalry between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh. This frenzy of discovery and one-upmanship-known today as the Bone Wars-was a gold rush-like scramble to find the most and "best" dinosaur fossils, thus bringing to glory to their respective home-base universities. Lively and witty rhymes plus wonderfully demented illustrations reveal how the paleontologists' infamous rivalry began, and how-despite making genuine and lasting contributions to the field-their mutual obsession with outdoing one another spun out of control.
Sticks 'N Stones 'N Dinosaur Bones features in the following genres: Dinosaurs, Educational: Sciences, general science, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes, Poetry Books for Children, History
Hardback. Not Available.
Sticks 'N Stones 'N Dinosaur Bones was written by Ted Enik and published by Schiffer Kids an imprint of Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Sticks 'N Stones 'N Dinosaur Bones has 48 pages
Yes it is part of Unhinged History series