Secrets from the rocks
Subtitle: dinosaur hunting with Roy Chapman Andrews
By: by Albert Marrin
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Andrews, Roy Chapman, -- 1884-1960 -- Juvenile literature; Andrews, Roy Chapman, -- 1884-1960; Paleontologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Dinosaurs -- Juvenile literature; Naturalists; Paleontologists; Dinosaurs
Genres: Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: A biography of the scientist-adventurer, Roy Chapman Andrews, focusing on the expeditions he led for New York's American Museum of Natural History to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia in an effort to uncover dinosaur fossils
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index
Table of contents: title: Making of an explorer; title: From whales to fossils; title: About fossils; title: First trips to the Gobi Desert; title: Launching the central Asiatic expeditions; title: Explorations in the Gobi Desert; title: Dinosaurs of the flaming cliffs; title: Smallest and the largest mammals; title: End of the expeditions; title: Following the trail of Roy Chapman Andrews; title: Prehistoric animals mentioned in this book; title: Some other books to read; title: Some good sites on the World Wide Web