num_pages: 288
description: Tom Rea traces the evolution of scientific thought regarding dinosaurs and reveals the deception, hostility, and sometimes outright aggression present in the early years of fossil hunting.  This book details one of the most famous—and notorious—dinosaur skeletons ever discovered: Diplodocus carnegii , named after Andrew Carnegie.
language: English
title: Bone Wars: The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie's Dinosaur
titlecomplete: Bone Wars: The Excavation and Celebrity of Andrew Carnegie's Dinosaur
genres: Palaeontology, Dinosaurs, Science, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 52
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Nonfiction Contemporary
publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press