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"From a very young age, Sue Hendrickson was meant to find things: lost coins, perfume bottles, even hidden treasure. Her endless curiosity eventually led to her career in diving and paleontology, where she would continue to find things big and small. In 1990, at a dig in South Dakota, Sue made her biggest discovery to date: Sue the T. rex, the largest and most complete T. rex skeleton ever unearthed. Named in Sue's honor, Sue the T. rex would be placed...
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"From the dust of the Gilded Age Bone Wars, two vastly different men emerge to fill the empty halls of New York's struggling American Museum of Natural History: socialite Henry Fairfield Osborn and intrepid fossil hunter Barnum Brown. When Brown unearths the first Tyrannosaurus rex fossils, Osborn sees a path to save his museum from irrelevancy. As the public turns out in droves to cower before this bone-chilling giant of the past and wonder at the...
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In 'The Life of a Fossil Hunter' by Charles H. Sternberg, readers are taken on a fascinating journey through the experiences of a renowned paleontologist. Sternberg's book captures the essence of adventure and discovery in the world of fossils, showcasing his meticulous research and unparalleled dedication to the field. The narrative is vividly descriptive, offering insight into the life of a fossil hunter in the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
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