Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway
An Epoch Tale of a Scientist and an Artist on the Ultimate 5,000-Mile Paleo Road Trip
2nd Edition
Published on 25. June 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-64160-915-9 (ISBN)
Description
"A paleontological odyssey that manages to be informative, witty, educational--and enormous fun." --Simon Winchester, author of The Map That Changed the World, Krakatoa, and A Crack in the Edge of the World An epoch tale of a scientist and an artist on the ultimate 5,000-mile paleo road trip. Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway follows the most unusual 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. rex to killer Eocene pigs to ancient fossilized forests. This updated editions brings the text up-to-date on new discoveries, new realizations, and new places, along with new art. A fascinating travelogue, Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway shows us that fossils are everywhere if you learn to look for them--even at 65 miles per hour.
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Edition
Second Edition, 2nd Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 252 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
944 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64160-915-9 (9781641609159)
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Previous edition
Kirk Johnson
Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway
An Epoch Tale of a Scientist and an Artist on the Ultimate 5,000-Mile Paleo Road Trip
Book
10/2007
Fulcrum Inc.,US
€53.37
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Persons
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 America and The Great Yellowstone Thaw. He has written ten books including Prehistoric Journey, Cruisin' The Fossil Coastline, and Ancient Wyoming. Ray Troll is an artist who has illustrated ten books, including Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline, Sharkabet, Rapture of the Deep, and Planet Ocean. He and his wife, Michelle, own and operate the Soho Coho Gallery in Ketchikan, Alaska.