| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 244 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Prologue: Caught in a Buffalo Stampede -- I. Origins -- II. Strata -- III. The 1872 Yale College Scientific Expedition -- IV. I Go to Kansas -- V. Diaspora -- V. I Return to Kansas |
| Summary |
"Part detective history, part memoir, in this book Jill Hunting tells the story of her journey across the United States and into the realms of prehistory, national history, and family history as she follows her great-grandfather's trail to the fossil bed where he discovered an 83-million-year-old avian dinosaur"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 10, 2022) |
| Subject |
Hunting, Jill, 1950-
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Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899.
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| SUBJECT |
Hunting, Jill, 1950- fast |
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Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899 fast |
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Paleontologists -- United States -- Biography
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Birds, Fossil -- History
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Fossils -- Collection and preservation -- Kansas
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Birds, Fossil
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Fossils -- Collection and preservation
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Paleontologists
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Kansas
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United States
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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History
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780806190457 |
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0806190450 |
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