Big Bone Lick: The Cradle of American Paleontology by Hedeen, Stanley

Big Bone Lick: The Cradle of American Paleontology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813133867)

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Big Bone Lick: The Cradle of American Paleontology by Hedeen, Stanley

Big Bone Lick: The Cradle of American Paleontology

$24.95
Big Bone Lick: The Cradle of American Paleontology by Hedeen, Stanley

Big Bone Lick: The Cradle of American Paleontology

$24.95
Format: Paperback
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Shawnee legend tells of a herd of huge bison rampaging through the Ohio Valley, laying waste to all in their path. To protect the tribe, a deity slew these great beasts with lightning bolts, finally chasing the last giant buffalo into exile across the Wabash River, never to trouble the Shawnee again. The source of this legend was a peculiar salt lick in present-day northern Kentucky, where giant fossilized skeletons had for centuries lain undisturbed by the Shawnee and other natives of the regio

Author: Stanley Hedeen
ISBN-10: 0813133866
ISBN-13: 9780813133867
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 01/11/2011
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.30w x 0.61d
By Stanley Hedeen
By Stanley Hedeen
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Stanley Hedeen is professor emeritus of biology and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Xavier University. He has written several books on the natural and environmental history of the greater Cincinnati region.

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