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Secrets from the rocks : dinosaur hunting with Roy Chapman Andrews /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marrin, Albert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dutton Children's Books, [2002]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Andrews, Roy Chapman, > 1884-1960 > Juvenile literature.
Paleontologists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Dinosaurs > Juvenile literature.
Andrews, Roy Chapman, > 1884-1960.
Naturalists.
Paleontologists.
Dinosaurs.
Juvenile materials.
Table of 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 books to read
  • Some good sites on the World Wide Web.