Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews
by Ann Bausum
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A biography of the great explorer-adventurer, who discovered huge finds of dinosaur bones in Mongolia, pioneered modern paleontology field research, and became the director of the American Museum of Natural History.Tags
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Our library recently hosted a talk and extensive display about the life of Roy Chapman Andrews who grew up in nearby Beloit, Wisconsin. I missed the talk, but checked out this photobiography of Andrews. He was a fascinating man, possibly the inspiration for Indiana Jones. This book is a good introduction to his life and explorations, and includes many photographs from his expeditions.
Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs was very interesting, it is a photo biography of an archeologist. I originally only bought it as a companion to Dragon Hunter, which is a biography of the same man Roy Chapman Andrews with regard to his central Asiatic expeditions, and to get my Amazon order up to an amount that qualified for free shipping. They arrived in separate shipments and as a result, I have read the photo biography (there are words as well, so no jokes about only reading the book with "pictures"), but have yet to read Dragon Hunter!
Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs was very interesting, it is a photo biography of an archeologist. I originally only bought it as a companion to Dragon Hunter, which is a biography of the same man Roy Chapman Andrews with regard to his central Asiatic expeditions, and to get my Amazon order up to an amount that qualified for free shipping. They arrived in separate shipments and as a result, I have read the photo biography (there are words as well, so no jokes about only reading the book with "pictures"), but have yet to read Dragon Hunter!
The story of the life of Roy Chapman Andrews, an adventurous man who discovered many things and advanced the scientific world in many ways.
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- Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: A Photobiography of Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews
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- Roy Chapman Andrews; Walter W. Granger; Charles P. Berkey; Frederick K. Morris; George Olsen; Merin (show all 8); Yvette Borup Andrews; Wilhelmina Christmas Andrews, "Billie"
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- Central Asiatic Expeditions, 1922-1930, American Museum of Natural History
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