The American Museum of Natural History's book of dinosaurs and other ancient creatures

by Joseph E. Wallace

Now, with The American Museum of Natural History's Book of Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Creatures, dinosaur lovers of all ages can take both an exciting behind-the-scenes look at the explorers who unearthed these intriguing fossils as well as an in-depth armchair tour of the animals on display in the Museum's fossil halls. This beautiful, full-color illustrated volume brings the world-famous Museum, its collectors, and its collection vividly to life. Brimming with offbeat tidbits and anecdotes about the fossil hunters and their discoveries, this insider's companion to the Museum includes profiles of such men as Henry Fairfield Osborn, the first curator of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Museum; Barnum Brown, the Museum's premier fossil hunter for more than sixty years and the first to discover a specimen of the magnificent carnivore Tyrannosaurus rex; Charles Sternberg, who devoted his outwardly successful but personally troubled life to collecting dinosaur and other fo