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Tyrannosaurus Sue : the extraordinary saga of the largest, most fought over T-Rex ever found / Steve Fiffer.
Over 65 million years ago in what is now Cheyenne River Sioux territory in South Dakota, a Tyrannosaurus rex matriarch locked in a ferocious battle fell mortally wounded. In 1990, her skeleton was found, virtually complete, in what many call the most spectacular dinosaur fossil discovery to date. And then another battle began--a free-for-all involving commercial dinosaur hunters, gun-toting law officers, an ambitious federal prosecutor, a Native American tribe, jealous academics, an enterprising auction house, major museums, and corporate giants. At stake: not just Sue's wealth of scientific riches, but her grant-drawing power and vast commercial potential as well. Sue is not just another dinosaur, and this is not just another dinosaur book. It is an introduction to the centuries-old history of commercial fossil hunting, a legal thriller, and a provocative look at academic versus commercial science and the chase for the money that fuels both.--From publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 0716740176
- ISBN: 9780716740179
- Physical Description: xvi, 248 pages ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : W.H. Freeman ; 2000.
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- It must be a T. rex -- Never, ever for sale -- You better get out here, Pete -- Taking a howitzer to a fly -- Who owns Sue? -- Is a dinosaur "land"? -- Jurassic farce -- You can indict a ham sandwich -- Negotiations are under way -- They're not crimes -- I kept waiting for something to happen -- Everything changed that day -- You may approach her majesty.
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- Subject:
- Tyrannosaurus rex > South Dakota.
Paleontology > South Dakota > History > 20th century.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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