The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush: Museums and Paleontology in America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
"[A]n excellent and extraordinarily detailed new book...[that] really raises the bar, plumbing an enormous quantity of source material and expertly weaving a story of scientific discovery, egos, personalities and museum politics ... an important resource for people interested in ... dinosaur[s]."(Darren NaishHistorical Biology)"Brinkman paints an intricate portrait of paleontological fieldwork. No doubt, the author's own field experience helped to lend richness to his descriptions of day-to-day practice."(Megan RabyJournal of the History of Biology)"Paul Brinkman provides a flood of new data on American fossil collecting in a book that reads more like an Old West novel than a historical monograph."(Caitlyn WylieBritish Journal for the History of Science)"This well written volume reads like a thriller and will fascinate any reader."(Stephen K. DonovanGeological Journal)