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The Dinosaurs Of North America (1896) By Othniel Charles Marsh Kessinger Publishing, LLC Hardcover (444 pages) List Price: $51.95* Lowest New Price: $37.57* Lowest Used Price: $37.07* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 07:59 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

The Dinosaur Bone Battle Between O.C. Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope (Dinosaurs and Their Discoverers) By Brooke Hartzog Powerkids Pr Library Binding (24 pages) List Price: $21.25* Lowest New Price: $4.35* Lowest Used Price: $21.98* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 07:59 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Tells the story of two nineteenth-century paleontologists who used questionable tactics as they tried to outdo each other in collecting dinosaur bones.

The Gilded Dinosaur : The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the Rise of American Science By Mark Jaffe Hardcover (384 pages) List Price: $25.00* Lowest New Price: $47.99* Lowest Used Price: $7.69* *(As of 07:59 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: It was an age of counterfeit giants, avaricious robber barons, corrupt politicians, intrepid pioneers, fierce Indian chiefs, and dinosaurs. The second half of the nineteenth century -- the so-called Gilded Age -- was a time when Americans were exploring the West and building a nation that would stretch from coast to coast. It was also a time of scientific ferment. Charles Darwin had shaken the very foundations of Victorian society with his theory of evolution by natural selection, and scientists across the civilized world were locked in a great battle over Darwin's idea. While the debate raged in Europe, the hunt for hard evidence increasingly focused on the American West, with its grand mesas, buttes, and badlands. "We must turn to the New World if we wish to see in perfection the oldest monuments of earth's history," advised Sir Charles Lyell, the father of modern geology, after a visit to America. "Certainly in no other country are these ancient strata developed on a grander scale or more plentifully charged with fossils." Could the answer to the history of life and the proof of evolution be found in those fossils? That was the question that two young American paleontologists--Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh--set out to answer. But what began as a friendly contest quickly turned into bitter rivalry that would spill over into American science and politics and rage relentlessly for nearly three decades.          Cope and Marsh would battle on the prairies, in the halls of Congress, in science journals, and in the popular press. Both wealthy men, they launched lavish, western expeditions and raced across the plains and mountains searching for the remains of the magnificent beasts that once inhabited the continent. Along the way they would encounter George Custer, Sitting Bull, Buffalo Bill, and Red Cloud.          Among the most remarkable fossil discoveries of Cope and Marsh are a bevy of dinosaurs, including some of the best known beasts -- the Triceratops, the Stegosaurus, the Camarasaurus, and the Brontosaurus. Even today, Marsh holds the record for dinosaur discoveries.          Just as valuable, however, were some of Marsh's discoveries of ancient mammals and birds that provided the first real proof of Dar- win's theory--"The best support for the theory in twenty years," the great Darwin himself proclaimed.          The tale of Cope and Marsh is also the story of the rise of American science. When their story begins just after the Civil War, America was an intellectual backwater, with eminent scientists snookered by the great, fake stone statue The Cardiff Giant--a hoax unmasked by Marsh.          But even as Cope and Marsh waged war, they both fought to build up American science and its scientific institutions. Yet despite their discoveries and their Gilded Age celebrity, the names of Cope and Marsh have faded into the recesses of the library and archive. In The Gilded Dinosaur Mark Jaffe exhumes from those archives the notes, journals, and letters of Cope and Marsh to reanimate and retell one of the keenest rivalries in the history of science.

Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards: A Tale of Edward Drinker Cope, Othniel Charles Marsh, and the Gilded Age of Paleontology By Jim Ottaviani, Shad Petosky & Mark Schultz G.T. Labs Released: 2005-10-01 Paperback (168 pages) List Price: $22.95* Lowest New Price: $12.50* Lowest Used Price: $8.79* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 07:59 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: The Wild West provided the setting for some famous battles, but the gunfight at O.K. Corral doesn't hold a candle to the Bone Wars. Following the Civil War, the (Re-)United States turned its attention to the unexplored territories between the Mississippi and the Pacific. The railroads led the way, and to build them we blasted through mountains and leveled valleys and exposed rock that hadn't seen the light of day for millions of years. This is the story of Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh, two scientists who found and fought for those bones, and the artist Charles R. Knight who almost single-handedly brought dinosaurs back to life for an awestruck public. Guest starring Chief Red Cloud and hundreds of his Indian Braves, the gun-totin' and gamblin' Professor John Bell Hatcher, colossal and stupefying Dinosauria of the New World, and featuring special appearances by The Cardiff Giant, P.T. Barnum, Buffalo Bill Cody, Ulysses S. Grant, Alexander Graham Bell, and a plentiful supporting cast of Rogues and Gallants from the Eastern Scientific Establishment and The Old West, the colorful supporting cast makes for a rich blend of history, adventure, science, and art.

Dinosaur Bone War: Cope and Marsh's Fossil Feud (Landmark Books) By Elizabeth Cody Kimmel Random House Books for Young Readers Released: 2006-12-26 Paperback (128 pages) List Price: $5.99* Lowest New Price: $9.98* Lowest Used Price: $9.95* *(As of 07:59 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Edward Drinker Cope was a charming man with a passion for old bones. Othniel Marsh was a stickler for procedure when he studied his fossil finds. They started as friends, sharing ideas and information, but after Marsh tried to poach Cope's digging site, they became bitter enemies. Their decades-long feud fueled their desire to dig up more bones, to discover new species, and to find ever bigger and more unusual dinosaurs. Through their competition, the two men laid a far-reaching foundation for the brand-new field of palentology. A fascinating story told with an engaging narrative technique, and well complemented by period photographs and drawings, a map, a time line, and an author's note.

The dinosaurs of North America. By Marsh. Othniel Charles. 1831-1899. Washington, [Govt. Print. Off.] 1896. Paperback Lowest New Price: $38.95* *(As of 07:59 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: This book, "The dinosaurs of North America (1896)", by Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899, is a replication of a book originally published before 1896. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature.

Dinosaur Detectives (DK READERS) By Peter Chrisp DK CHILDREN Paperback (48 pages) List Price: $3.99* Lowest New Price: $1.44* Lowest Used Price: $0.01* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 07:59 Pacific 4 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here ISBN13: 9780756655976 Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Product Description: This introduction to paleontology weaves together facts about fossil hunting with fictionalized first-person accounts from dinosaur detectives.

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