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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34472600 Title: Fossil feud : the rivalry of the first American dinosaur hunters Author: Thom Holmes Publisher: Parsippany, New Jersey : Julian Messner, 1998. ISBN/ISSN: 0382391489 9780382391484 0382391497 9780382391491 0382391470 9780382391477 OCLC:34472600

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Fossil feud : the rivalry of the first American dinosaur hunters

Author:	Thom Holmes
Publisher:	Parsippany, New Jersey : Julian Messner, 1998.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : Elementary and junior high school : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Relates the life stories of two nineteenth-century American dinosaur paleontologists and gives details of the bitter feud that existed between them.
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Subjects	Cope, E. D. -- (Edward Drinker), -- 1840-1897 -- Juvenile literature. Marsh, Othniel Charles, -- 1831-1899 -- Juvenile literature. Cope, E. D. -- (Edward Drinker), -- 1840-1897. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Literature Biographies Biography History Juvenile works Juvenile literature Biography Juvenile literature
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Holmes, Thom. Fossil feud. Parsippany, N.J. : J. Messner, 1998 (OCoLC)756468061
Named Person:	E D Cope; Othniel Charles Marsh; E D Cope; Othniel Charles Marsh; E D Cope; Othniel Charles Marsh
Material Type:	Biography, Elementary and junior high school
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Thom Holmes Find more information about:
ISBN:	0382391489 9780382391484 0382391497 9780382391491 0382391470 9780382391477
OCLC Number:	34472600
Description:	160 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Contents:	The early years of Marsh and Cope -- O.C. Marsh -- Edward Drinker Cope -- The feud begins -- Westward ho! For fossils -- Dinosaurs and Indians -- The dinosaur bone rush -- Power struggles and changing fortunes -- The final feud -- The end of the trail -- Who won? -- Summing up -- Appendix I : Where to see their fossils -- Appendix II : Marsh's rules of fossil collecting -- Appendix III : The rigors of fossil hunting in the west -- Appendix IV : What is a dinosaur? -- Special dinosaur features -- Appendix V : Geological time chart -- Appendix VI : Major dinosaur discoveries -- Recommended reading list -- Dinosaur museums in North America -- Becoming a dinosaur expert.
Responsibility:	Thom Holmes.

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Relates the life stories of two nineteenth-century American dinosaur paleontologists and gives details of the bitter feud that existed between them.

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