The Dinosaur Hunter

Author: Homer Hickam
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429950048
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
"A fascinating thriller, well crafted and relentless ... A cross between Tony Hillerman and Larry McMurtry, this is one hell of a good read."--Douglas Preston, author of Tyrannosaur Canyon and Blasphemy The cowboys who work on the ranchlands of Montana expect more than their fair share of trouble. One of them is Mike Wire, a former homicide detective. Mike is about to learn murder and mayhem can happen under Motnana's big skies, too. Beneath the earth lie enough dinosaur fossils to fill several museum collections---and make a fortune for whoever claims them first. Soon he will have to combine everything he learned as a cop with everything he knows as a cowboy to protect the people and the land he could never live without.

Dinosaur Hunters

Author: Kate McMullan
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780833528605
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Describes the work scientists do to find out more about these huge prehistoric animals.

Dinosaur Hunter

Author: Elaine Marie Alphin
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006444256X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Fossil collectors! In 1880s Wyoming, Ned Chapman dreams of finding a dinosaur skeleton. When he discovers some old bones on his father's ranch, Ned is thrust into the world of bone hunters -- men so competitive that they will do anything to bring back the best fossils!

Danger in the Desert

Author: Roger Cohen
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402757068
Category : Dinosaurs
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Looks at the journeys of Roy Chapman Andrews who, in the early twentieth-century, led countless expeditions for the American Museum of Natural History in search of dinosaur fossils, facing dangers such as pythons, wild dogs, marauding bandits, sandstorms, and corrupt officials.

Dinosaur Hunter

Author: Steve White
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472812832
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
Congratulations - your application for a Mesozoic hunting licence has been successful! Before you travel back in time and charge headlong into a pack of prehistoric big game, we strongly advise that you read the following guidebook. It will provide you with information crucial to success – and survival! You will learn the basic facts of the geography, climate and environmental conditions of the three periods that make up the exciting Mesozoic era. The book then covers the huge variety of dinosaurs that stalk these times, giving tips on identification, tracking, and the best weapons to bring them down! Let the hunt begin!

Jack Horner: Dinosaur Hunter

Author: Sophia Gholz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781534111196
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
"When Jack Horner was a child, he was fascinated by dinosaur fossils. He hunted for them and dreamed of being a great paleontologist. But Jack struggled with school and reading. Jack found his own way to success and became one of the world's most famous paleontologist!"--

David Digs with the Dinosaur Hunter

Author: Ailynn Collins
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1663921369
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73

Book Description
In their long journey from San Francisco to Lusk, Wyoming, in 1889, David (Siu-Long) Wong and his parents have encountered terrible prejudice because they are Chinese immigrants; but here they are given a job at John Bell Hatcher's paleontological excavation digging up dinosaur bones, including an eight-foot long Triceratops skull, and David becomes fascinated by dinosaurs and resolves to become a paleontologist. Includes historical note on J.B. Hatcher.

The Long-Lost Secret Diary Of The World's Worst Dinosaur Hunter

Author: Tim Collins
Publisher: The Salariya Book Company
ISBN: 1912233193
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
These hilarious fictional diaries put us inside the heads of hapless figures from history. Anne Mansfield is a 14-year-old girl in Victorian England obsessed with collecting dinosaur fossils and frustrated by the lack of respect she receives from scientists. Seizing the opportunity to search for fossils in the USA, she finds herself being sucked into the notorious Bone Wars, a rivalry between American professors wanting to be the first to make new discoveries by whatever means necessary. Can Anne overcome her mistakes, the dangers of the West and the prejudices and petty infighting of her male peers to make a name for herself as Britain’s greatest dinosaur hunter? ‘Get Real’ fact boxes feature throughout, providing historical context and further information, as well as a timeline, historical biographies and a glossary in the end matter.

The Great Dinosaur Hunters and Their Discoveries

Author: Edwin Harris Colbert
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486247014
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
A survey of the noted paleontologists who have uncovered and studied dinosaur fossils including information on their findings

Dinosaur Hunters

Author: Lisa Murphy-Lamb
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781551539829
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 124

Book Description
A collection of stories about dinosaur hunters and their incredible finds.