Secrets from the Rocks
Dinosaur Hunting with Roy Chapman Andrews
New York : Dutton Children's Books, [2002]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 64 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 x 29 cm
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.
Contents:
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 good books to read -- Some good sites on the World Wide Web.
Subjects:
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 -- Juvenile literature.
Paleontologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Dinosaurs -- Juvenile literature.
Naturalists -- Juvenile literature.
Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960 -- Juvenile literature.
Paleontologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Dinosaurs -- Juvenile literature.
Naturalists -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0525467432
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Andrews, Roy | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (page 63) and index.