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• ISBN: 0691113459 (cl : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780691113456 (cl : alk. paper)
• Physical Description: xxxix, 446 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005.

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General Note:

INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES (p. (407)-427) AND INDEX.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-427) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Marsh monsters of big bone lick -- The northeast: giants, great bears, and grandfather of the buffalo -- New Spain: bones of fear and birds of terror -- The southwest: fossil fetishes and monster slayers -- The prairies: fossil medicine and spirit animals -- The high plains: thunder birds, water monsters, and buffalo-calling stones -- Common ground -- Fossil frauds and specious legends.

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