Author

Publication

1999 - HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

24,250 words, Guess

Page Count

97 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10006027493X
  • ISBN-100060274948
  • ISBN-139780060274931
  • ISBN-139780060274948
  • Goodreads421222', '1344074
and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC569/.67
  • LCCQE882.U7 G48 1999

Alternate Titles

  • Mammoth bones

First Sentence

Less than two hundred years ago, no one knew that creatures like the dinosaurs had ever roamed the Earth.

Description

Describes the efforts of the artist, museum curator, and self-taught paleontologist, Charles Willson Peale, to excavate, study, and display the bones of a prehistoric creature that is later named "mastodon."

Subjects

Topics

MastodonBiographyPaleontologistsJuvenile literaturePeale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827Paleontologists -- United States -- BiographyPeale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 -- Juvenile literature

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Other Editions

  • The mystery of the mammoth bones: and how it was solvedHarperCollins Publishers1999-01-01

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