Mister Peale's Mammoth
By: by Sam and Beryl Epstein ; illustrated by Martim Avillez.
Contributors: Epstein, Beryl Williams, 1910- joint author.; Avillez, Martim, ill.
Publisher: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
Copyright date: 1977
Subjects: Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 -- Juvenile literature.; Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827.; Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.); Museum directors -- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Mammoths -- Juvenile literature.; Museum directors.; Mammoths.
Description: Enthralled by the new science of natural history, a famous American painter establishes a museum in his home and organizes a scientific expedition to find and dig up a complete mammoth skeleton.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 62-63.