04881nam 2200973Ia 450 991081676250332120240516104356.01-282-55614-297866125561420-520-94552-210.1525/9780520945524(CKB)2550000000011758(EBL)837239(OCoLC)613206906(SSID)ssj0000412491(PQKBManifestationID)11274652(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412491(PQKBWorkID)10367335(PQKB)10691438(MiAaPQ)EBC837239(DE-B1597)520677(DE-B1597)9780520945524(Au-PeEL)EBL837239(CaPaEBR)ebr10386298(CaONFJC)MIL255614(EXLCZ)99255000000001175820091009d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBarnum Brown the man who discovered Tyrannosaurus rex /Lowell Dingus and Mark A. Norell1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20101 online resource (385 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25264-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prologue. The Mindset of Barnum Brown -- One. Child of the Frontier (1873-1889) -- Two. Student . . . of Sorts (1889 - 1896) -- Three. Apprentice Extraordinaire (1896 - 1898) -- Four. To Land's End: Patagonia (1898 - 1900) -- Five. To the Depths of Hell Creek (1900 - 1903) -- Six. Love (1903 - 1906) -- Seven. Loss (1906 - 1910) -- Eight. The Canadian Dinosaur Bone Rush (1910 - 1916) -- Nine. Cuba, Abyssinia, and Other Intrigues (1916 - 1921) -- Ten. Jewels from the Orient: Raj India (1921 - 1923) -- Eleven. Perils and Pearls Up the Irrawaddy: Burma (1923) -- Twelve. Samos: Isle of Intrigue (1923 - 1925) -- Thirteen. Ancient Americans Hunting Bison? Birds as Dinosaurs? (1925 - 1931) -- Fourteen. Digging - and Flying - for Dinosaurs -- Fifteen. Toward the Golden Years -- Sixteen. Brown as a Spy, Movie Consultant, and Showman at the World's Fair (1942 - 1963) -- Epilogue -- Appendix One -- Appendix Two -- Appendix Three -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- IndexFrom his stunning discovery of Tyrannosaurus rex one hundred years ago to the dozens of other important new dinosaur species he found, Barnum Brown led a remarkable life (1873-1963), spending most of it searching for fossils-and sometimes oil-in every corner of the globe. One of the most famous scientists in the world during the middle of the twentieth century, Brown-who lived fast, dressed to the nines, gambled, drank, smoked, and was known as a ladies' man-became as legendary as the dinosaurs he uncovered. Barnum Brown brushes off the loose sediment to reveal the man behind the legend. Drawing on Brown's field correspondence and unpublished notes, and on the writings of his daughter and his two wives, it discloses for the first time details about his life and travels-from his youth on the western frontier to his spying for the U.S. government under cover of his expeditions. This absorbing biography also takes full measure of Brown's extensive scientific accomplishments, making it the definitive account of the life and times of a singular man and a superlative fossil hunter.PaleontologistsUnited StatesBiographyTyrannosaurus rex20th century.american scientists.barnum brown.biographical.dinosaur species.dinosaurs.famous discoveries.famous scientists.field notes.fossil hunters.fossils.historical account.legendary figures.letters.natural history.natural sciences.nonfiction.oil.paleontologist.science historians.science history.scientific discoveries.scientific expeditions.scientists.tyrannosaurus rex.united states.us government.western frontier.PaleontologistsTyrannosaurus rex.560.92BDingus Lowell1691821Norell Mark1691822MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816762503321Barnum Brown4068500UNINA