Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway

An Epoch Tale of a Scientist and an Artist on the Ultimate 5,000-Mile Paleo Road Trip

Kirk Johnson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2007
Fulcrum Inc.,US (Verlag)
978-1-55591-451-6 (ISBN)

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Two "paleonerds" embark on a roadtrip across the West in search of fossils.

The travels of a paleontologist and an artist as they drive across the American West in search of fossils. Throughout their journey, they encounter "paleonerds" like themselves, people dedicated to finding everything from suburban T. rexes to ancient fossilized forests.

Kirk R. Johnson is a paleobotanist and the Sant Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the host of two recent PBS series, Making North Americaand The Great Yellowstone Thaw.He has written ten books including Prehistoric Journey,Cruisin' The Fossil Freeway,and Ancient Wyoming. Ray Troll is an artist who has illustrated ten books, including Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway,Sharkabet, Rapture of the Deep,and Planet Ocean.He and his wife, Michelle, own and operate the Soho Coho Gallery inKetchikan, Alaska.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.10.2007
Illustrationen	Ray Troll
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	254 x 254 mm
Gewicht	1061 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA
ISBN-10	1-55591-451-9 / 1555914519
ISBN-13	978-1-55591-451-6 / 9781555914516
Zustand	Neuware