The Last Giant of Beringia The Mystery of the Bering Land Bridge

by O'Neill, Dan

• ISBN13: 9780465051571
• ISBN10: 046505157X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-07
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

The intriguing theory of a land bridge linking Siberia and Alaska during the Ice Ages-a path for such prehistoric giants as woolly mammoths, steppe bison, and saber-toothed cats-had been much debated since the idea was first proposed over 400 years ago. But proof of the land bridge (now called Beringia) eluded scientists until an inquiring geologist named Dave Hopkins set himself to the task of solving the mystery. The Last Giant of Beringia tells this fascinating scientific detective story through the life story of the eclectic Hopkins, who rewrote history, and in doing so earned his place as the last giant the land bridge would ever know. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Dan O’Neill is the author of A Land Gone Lonesomeand The Last Giant of Beringia. He was named Alaska Historian of the Year by the Alaska Historical Society for The Firecracker Boys. He lives in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Table of Contents

1 THE TOAST OF KHABAROVSK	1	(10)
2 THE ICE AGE	11	(8)
3 HEBE'S SON	19	(18)
4 CALLING	37	(14)
5 FIELDWORK IN ARCTIC ALASKA	51	(26)
6 SOMETHING GOING ON	77	(6)
7 GIDDINGS	83	(26)
8 A SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION	109	(8)
9 WRITING THE BIBLE	117	(10)
10 THE PRODUCTIVITY PARADOX	127	(12)
11 MAMMOTH FAUNA	139	(12)
12 SOIL FROM MAARS	151	(12)
13 THE FIRST AMERICANS	163	(14)
14 THE FIRST OF THE FIRST	177	(8)
15 THE LAST OF THE LAST	185	(12)
AFTERWORD	197	(4)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES	201	(18)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	219	(4)
INDEX	223