| Autore |
Wanless Harold Rogers
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| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (xxviii, 187 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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| Disciplina |
550.0922
550.92
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| Soggetto topico |
Paleontology
Geology
Science - History
History of Science
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| ISBN |
3-031-25118-0
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Part I. Introduction. Chapter 1: Fossil Hunting in the Badlands of South Dakota -- Chapter 2: Harold Rollin Wanless and Researching the Badlands -- Part II. 1920 Expedition. Chapter 3: June 20 to June 26 - Chicago to Scenic -- Chapter 4: June 27 to June 29 - Freight Train to Interior -- Chapter 5: June 30 to July 3 - Collecting Fossil History at Cedar Pass and the Wall -- Chapter 6: July 4 to July 8 - White River and the Rain -- Chapter 7: July 9 to July 13 - Back to Scenic and Hart Table -- Chapter 8: July 14 to July 17: Finding the Giant Pig -- Chapter 9: July 18 to July 22 - Farmers, Fossils and Heat -- Chapter 10: July 23 to July 26 - Jerks and Gentlemen -- Chapter 11: July 27 to July 29 - The Past = The Key to the Present -- Chapter 12: July 30 - Nearly Trapped on Sheep Mountain -- Chapter 13: July 31 to August 3 - Collecting in Bear Creek Pocket -- Chapter 14: August 4 to 5 - Research Back up Sheep Mountain -- Chapter 15: August 7 to 9 - Wild Stallions & Broken Springs -- Chapter 16: August10 to 12 - Golf Ball Hail and Fossil Dogs -- Chapter 17: August 13 to 15 - Sabre-Tooth Tigers -- Chapter 18: August 16 to 18 - Final photos and samples -- Chapter 19: August 19 to 22 - Shipping and Heading Home -- Part III – 1921 and 1922 Expeditions to the Badlands. Chapter 20: Summer 1921 Tackling the West in the Rachael Jane -- Chapter 21: Summer 1922 Completing an Ancient Story -- Part IV – Harold Rollin Wanless and the Badlands after the 1920s. Chapter 22: Harold’s Life and Science after 1922.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910686788703321 |
Info
The Diaries of a Bonedigger : Harold Rollin Wanless in the White River Badlands of South Dakota, 1920–1922 / / by Harold Rogers Wanless, Emmett Evanoff
