04042nam 2200673Ia 450 991115186520332120251117082410.09786612556142978128255614012825561429780520945524052094552210.1525/9780520945524(CKB)2550000000011758(EBL)837239(OCoLC)613206906(SSID)ssj0000412491(PQKBManifestationID)11274652(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412491(PQKBWorkID)10367335(PQKB)10691438(DE-B1597)520677(DE-B1597)9780520945524(Au-PeEL)EBL837239(CaPaEBR)ebr10386298(CaONFJC)MIL255614(Perlego)550512(MiAaPQ)EBC837239(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.9780520252646 0520252640 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 Drawing on Brown's field correspondence and unpublished notes, and on the writings of his daughter and his two wives, it discloses for the first time details about his life and travels-from his youth on the western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 rexPaleontologistsTyrannosaurus rex.560.92BDingus LowellNorell MarkMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911151865203321UNINA