Discovering Dinosaurs in the Old West: The Field Journals of Arthur Lakes

by Michael F. Kohl

Book Overview

Presents the field journals of the Oxford University alumnus who taught geology at Colorado's School of Mines and who recorded in words and sketches the exciting discovery of dinosaur remains in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560987006
• ISBN13: 9781560987000
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A unique presentation of the original journal entries

Discovering Dinosaurs In The Old West: The Field Journals Of Arthur Lakes, deftly edited by Michael F. Kohl (Amateur paleontologist, Head of Special Collections at the Clemson university Library, and the discovered of Lake's missing journals) and John S. McIntosh (Emeritus Professor of Physics, Wesleyan University and a paleontologist specializing in sauropods), is a unique presentation of the original journal entries from 1877 to 1880 by geologist Arthur Lakes and presented with numerous annotations, clarifications, maps, black-and-white photographs and a great deal more. Enhanced with an informative foreword by John Ostrom (Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geophyiscs, Yale University) Discovering Dinosaurs In The Old West is a superbly presented and invaluable addition to personal, professional, and academic paleontology supplemental reading lists and reference collections.