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Edwin H. Colbert (1905–2001)

Author of Evolution of the Vertebrates

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Works by Edwin H. Colbert

The Age of Reptiles (1965) 31 copies
Wandering lands and animals (1973) 26 copies
Digging into the Past (1989) 16 copies
Digging for dinosaurs (1960) 13 copies
Dinosaurs (1955) 11 copies
The year of the dinosaur (1977) 9 copies
The Dinosaur World (1977) 4 copies
The world of dinosaurs (1961) 2 copies

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Ants, Indians, and little dinosaurs (1975) — Contributor — 191 copies

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At first, the bland, quaint, folksy prose got to me, but then as "Ned's" 60-year career unfolded, I began to feel like a dinosaur-nut kid all over again. A great book for anyone interested in American paleontology.
 
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Sandydog1 | Feb 23, 2019 |
Lots of info but not REAL gripping reading. Good for the afficianado.
 
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thesmellofbooks | 1 other review | Jan 20, 2009 |
A nice basic text, the classic popularizer of its theme, it itself has stood the test of time and remains both an essential basic book for anyone's Paleontology or Geology collection and an excellent primer for more recent work in the field.
 
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JNSelko | Jun 13, 2008 |
This is a very interesting book about the history of paleontology as it relates to dinosaurs. It starts with the British antiquarian who pieced together Iguanadon and goes on through the major museum expeditions in the Americas, Asia and Africa. If you're fascinated with how we learn about the past from digging things up, I recommend this book.
 
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