Barnum Brown: The Man Who Discovered Tyrannosaurus Rex (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520252646)

From his stunning discovery of Tyrannosaurus rex one hundred years ago to the dozens of other important new dinosaur species he found, Barnum Brown led a remarkable life (1873-1963), spending most of it searching for fossils--and sometimes oil--in every corner of the globe. One of the most famous scientists in the world during the middle of the twentieth century, Brown--who lived fast, dressed to the nines, gambled, drank, smoked, and was known as a ladies' man--became as legendary as the dinosaurs he uncovered. Barnum Brown brushes off the loose sediment to reveal the man behind the legend. Drawing on Brown's field correspondence and unpublished notes, and on the writings of his daughter and his two wives, it discloses for the first time details about his life and travels--from his youth on the western frontier to his spying for the U.S. government under cover of his expeditions. This absorbing biography also takes full measure of Brown's extensive scientific accomplishments, making it the definitive account of the life and times of a singular man and a superlative fossil hunter.

Author: Lowell Dingus, Mark Norell
ISBN-10: 0520252640
ISBN-13: 9780520252646
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 05/03/2010
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/12/2010 pg. 43
Discover 06/01/2010 pg. 23
Booklist 05/15/2010 pg. 13
Choice 08/01/2010
Foreword 06/16/2010