Barnum Brown

by Dingus, Lowell

• ISBN13: 9780520252646
• ISBN10: 0520252640
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-03
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

From his stunning discovery ofTyrannosaurus rexone hundred years ago to the dozens of other important new dinosaur species he found, Barnum Brown's remarkable life (1873-1963) was mostly spent searching for fossils--and sometimes oil--in every corner of the globe. One of the most famous scientists in the world during the middle of the twentieth century, Brown--who lived fast, dressed to the teeth, gambled, drank, smoked, and was known as a ladies' man--became as legendary as the dinosaurs he discovered.Barnum Brownbrushes off the loose sediment to reveal the man behind the legend. Drawing on Brown's field correspondence and unpublished notes, and on the writings of his two wives, it discloses for the first time details about his life and travels--from his youth on the western frontier to spying for the U.S. government under cover of his expeditions. This absorbing biography also takes full measure of Brown's extensive scientific accomplishments, making it the definitive account of the life and times of a singular man and a superlative fossil hunter.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Prologue: The Mindset of Barnum Brown	p. xi
Child of the Frontier (1873–1889)	p. 1
Student … of Sorts (1889–1896)	p. 19
Apprentice Extraordinaire (1896–1898)	p. 38
To Land's End: Patagonia (1898–1900)	p. 59
To the Depths of Hell Creek (1900–1903)	p. 79
Love (1903–1906)	p. 97
Loss (1906–1910)	p. 111
The Canadian Dinosaur Bone Rush (1910–1916)	p. 128
Cuba, Abyssinia, and Other Intrigues (1916–1921)	p. 153
Jewels from the Orient: Raj India (1921–1923)	p. 174
Perils and Pearls Up the Irrawaddy: Burma (1923)	p. 198
Samos: Isle of Intrigue (1923–1925)	p. 208
Ancient Americans Hunting Bison? Birds as Dinosaurs? (1925;ndash;1931)	p. 227
Digging—and Flying—for Dinosaurs: Howe Quarry and the Aerial Survey of Western Fossil Beds (1931–1935)	p. 246
Toward the Golden Years: The Mystery Track-Maker and the Glen Rose Trackway (1935–1942)	p. 264
Brown as a Spy, Movie Consultant, and Showman at the World's Fair (1942–1963)	p. 285
Epilogue	p. 296
List of Major Specimens Collected by Barnum Brown on Display in the AMNH Fossil Halls	p. 304
Memoirs of Barnum Brown: Discovery, Excavation, and Preparation of the Type Specimen Tyrannosaurus rex	p. 309
Summary of Fossil Collections by Barnum Brown and His AMNH Crews	p. 312
Notes	p. 315
Bibliography	p. 343
Acknowledgments	p. 351
Index	p. 353
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