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The great unknown /

Describes the efforts of the artist and paleontologist Charles Willson Peale to excavate and display the bones of a prehistoric creature now known as the mastodon.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morrison, Taylor
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
Subjects:
Mastodons > New York (State) > Newburgh > Juvenile literature.
Peale, Charles Willson, > 1741-1827 > Juvenile literature.
Paleontologists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Mastodons.
Peale, Charles Willson, > 1741-1827.
Paleontologists.
Paleontology.
Description
Summary:Describes the efforts of the artist and paleontologist Charles Willson Peale to excavate and display the bones of a prehistoric creature now known as the mastodon.
Physical Description:32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Awards:Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, 2002.
ISBN:0395974941