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Dinosaurs at the dinner party : how an eccentric group of Victorians discovered prehistoric creatures and accidentally upended the world

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text Dinosaurs at the dinner party : how an eccentric group of Victorians discovered prehistoric creatures and accidentally upended the world

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Summary
"In the early 1800s the world was a safe and cozy place. But then a twelve-year-old farm boy in Massachusetts stumbled on a row of fossilized three-toed footprints the size of dinner plates-the first dinosaur tracks ever found. Soon, in England, V... Read more
Contents
Introduction: A shriek in the night -- "Dragons in their slime" -- The girl who lived -- "The most amazing creature" -- An epic written in chalk -- "The dreadful clink of hammers" -- "It's a beautiful day and the beaches are open" -- Trembling in ... Read more
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xiii, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Publisher
Scribner 2024

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