ABOUT THIS BOOK

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.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Elizabeth Cody Kimmel is the author of several novels and nonfiction books for early and middle grade readers, including Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Expedition, As Far as the Eye Can Reach: Lewis and Clark's Westward Quest, and Balto and the Great Race (A Stepping Stone Book), which won the Kansas City Childrens Book Award for grades 1-3. And as something completely different, she recently wrote the fun middle-grade story, Lily B. on the Brink of Cool. The author lives in Cold Spring, NY.


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