num_pages: 240
description: In 1916, scientist William Dawe leads a palaeontological expedition into the badlands of Alberta, obsessed with achieving world renown by discovering dinosaur fossils. Fifty years later, his daughter, Anna, enters these same badlands. In her visit to the expedition site, she exposes not only the absurdity of her father's work, but also the folly of his male ambition.
language: English
title: Badlands
titlecomplete: Badlands
genres: Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canada, Literature, 20th Century
ratings_count: 124
publisher: Stoddart Kids