Good Times in the Badlands - Couverture souple

Emry, Raleigh

 
9780595226733: Good Times in the Badlands
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595226736 ISBN 13 : 9780595226733
Editeur : iUniverse, 2002

Synopsis

Within these pages are the recollections of more than a half-century of fossil collecting in the American West with Morris F. Skinner, Frick Curator Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y. This book about Morris and Marie Skinner and their associates is not a "how to" book, nor is it a scientific thesis. You can read about the science of paleontology in dozens of textbooks and dissertations. Expeditions to collect fossils with Morris were serious scientific endeavors and rife with physical hardships. Nonetheless, joyful enthusiasm and good humor filled each day. This book paints a picture of an era that is forever gone. It is freewheeling, poetic, humorous and nostalgic. Although fossil collecting is rooted in the science of Paleontology, Good Times in the Badlands focuses on the effervescence or spirit of the profession instead.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Within these pages are the recollections of more than a half-century of fossil collecting in the American West with Morris F. Skinner, Frick Curator Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y. This book about Morris and Marie Skinner and their associates is not a "how to" book, nor is it a scientific thesis. You can read about the science of paleontology in dozens of textbooks and dissertations. Expeditions to collect fossils with Morris were serious scientific endeavors and rife with physical hardships. Nonetheless, joyful enthusiasm and good humor filled each day. This book paints a picture of an era that is forever gone. It is freewheeling, poetic, humorous and nostalgic. Although fossil collecting is rooted in the science of Paleontology, Good Times in the Badlands focuses on the effervescence or spirit of the profession instead.

Biographie de l'auteur

Raleigh Emry grew up on a ranch along the Niobrara River northeast of Ainsworth, Nebraska. He was an assistant to Morris Skinner, of the American Museum of Natural History, while attending high school and college in the '60s. Mr. Emry is a 1966 graduate of Colorado State University and a retired United States Air Force officer.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595226736
ISBN 13 
9780595226733
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
238
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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