Big Bone Lick : the cradle of American paleontology / Stanley Hedeen ; foreword by John Mack Faragher.
| Author/creator | Hedeen, Stanley |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2008. |
| Description | xviii, 182 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Geologic setting -- Source of salt and health -- Indian accounts of great buffalo -- Gathering the bones -- Animal incognitum -- Thomas Jefferson takes an interest -- A question of tusks -- William Goforth's stolen specimens -- William Clark's bountiful collection -- The faunal list evolves -- Other mammoth changes -- Agents of extinction. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-174) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007040474 |
| ISBN | 0813124859 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780813124858 (hardcover : alk. paper) |