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The mystery of the mammoth bones : and how it was solved /

Describes the efforts of the artist, museum curator, and self-taught paleontologist, Charles Willson Peale, to excavate, study, and display the bones of a prehistoric creature that is later named "mastodon."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giblin, James
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [1999]
Subjects:
Mastodons > New York (State) > Newburgh > Juvenile literature.
Peale, Charles Willson, > 1741-1827 > Juvenile literature.
Paleontologists > United States > Biography.
Mastodons.
Peale, Charles Willson, > 1741-1827.
Paleontologists.
Description
Summary:Describes the efforts of the artist, museum curator, and self-taught paleontologist, Charles Willson Peale, to excavate, study, and display the bones of a prehistoric creature that is later named "mastodon."
Physical Description:97 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-91) and index.
ISBN:006027493X
0060274948 (lib. bdg.)