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Secrets from the rocks : dinosaur hunting with Roy Chapman Andrews
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A biography of the scientist-adventurer, Roy Chapman Andrews, focusing on the expeditions he led for New York's American Museum of Natural History to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia in an effort to unc...
A biography of the scientist-adventurer, Roy Chapman Andrews, focusing on the expeditions he led for New York's American Museum of Natural History to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia in an effort to uncover dinosaur fossils.
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- Creator
- by Albert Marrin
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- First edition
- New York : Dutton Children's Books, [2002]
- ©2002
- Physical Details
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- 64 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 x 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780525467434, 0525467432
- OCLC
- ocm47863248
- Includes bibliographical references (page 63) and index.
- Making of an explorer -- From whales to fossils -- About fossils -- First trips to the Gobi Desert -- Launching the central Asiatic expeditions -- Explorations in the Gobi Desert -- Dinosaurs of the flaming cliffs -- Smallest and the largest mammals -- End of the expeditions -- Following the trail of Roy Chapman Andrews -- Prehistoric animals mentioned in this book -- Some other books to read -- Some good sites on the World Wide Web
Subjects
- Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 -- Juvenile literature.
- Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960.
Children's Subject Heading
- Paleontologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Dinosaurs -- Juvenile literature.
- Naturalists.
Children's Subject Heading
- Paleontologists.
Children's Subject Heading
- Dinosaurs.
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