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Building an ark for Texas : the evolution of a natural history museum /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Walt, 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Series:W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series ; no. 54.
Subjects:
Perot Museum of Nature and Science > History.
Perot Museum of Nature and Science > Biography.
Natural history > Study and teaching > Texas.
Science museums > Texas > Dallas.
Table of Contents:
  • Misadventure underground
  • War of extermination: A war of extermination
  • The woodsman and the judge
  • Building the ark: The man from Denver
  • Centennial celebration
  • Art and science merge
  • Masters of illusion
  • The man from Dallas
  • The bird man and the hunter
  • In pursuit of the Holy Grail
  • The man from Virginia
  • Paleontology takes center stage
  • Upstairs, downstairs, good news, and bad
  • Becoming the Perot: Duel on the Nile
  • A pharaoh comes to town
  • The man from New York
  • The woman from Dallas
  • Becoming the Perot
  • Opening day.