The Sternberg Fossil Hunters: A Dinosaur Dynasty

by Rogers, Katherine

ISBN13:
9780878424047
ISBN10:
0878424040
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 1999-07-01
Publisher: Mountain Pr
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Summary

Science meets the great outdoors in this personal perspective of the Sternbergs, Charles and his three sons--George, Charlie and Levi--who formed the world's first family-run fossil-hunting business. From the late 1800s through the mid-1900s, the Sternber

List of Maps

(3)

Foreword

vii

(2)

Preface

(2)

Acknowledgments

(2)

Sternberg Genealogy

xiii

Prologue

(4)

One: Manifest Destiny

(12)

Two: Kansas Calling

(12)

Three: Indians and Fossils

(12)

Four: Dinosaurs and Rice

(8)

Five: A Secret Mission

(16)

Six: Christmas Blues

(10)

Seven: Family Man

(10)

Eight: Toil and Triumph in Texas

(12)

Nine: God's Great Cemetery

(10)

Ten: Beating the Odds

107

(16)

Eleven: New Directions

123

(12)

Twelve: Canada Bound

135

(20)

Thirteen: Separate Paths in Canada

155

(12)

Fourteen: A Namesake Makes a Name for Himself

167

(12)

Fifteen: New Horizons West

179

(14)

Sixteen: The Ends of the Earth

193

(18)

Seventeen: Back Home on the Range

211

(12)

Eighteen: Museum Peace

223

(32)

Epilogue: The Sternberg Museum of Natural History

255

(8)

Notes

263

(12)

Appendix

275

(2)

References

277

(4)

Index

281

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