About this book
Charles Sternberg was an American fossil collector and paleontologist. He was active in both fields from 1876 to 1928, and collected fossils for private collectors as well as for international museums. This book is part travelogue, part paleontology, and part historical narrative of life on the open prairie. In it, Sternberg tells of his early interest in fossil hunting as a boy, and scientific expeditions from his first in 1876 to one for the Munich Museum in 1901. - Summary by Ava
Chapters (13)
1Early Days and Work in the Dakota Group of the Cretaceous
2First Expedition to the Kansas Chalk (1876)
3Expedition with Professor Cope to the Bad Lands of the Upper Cretaceous (1876) - Part 1
4Expedition with Professor Cope to the Bad Lands of the Upper Cretaceous (1876) - Part 2
5Further Work in the Kansas Chalk (1877)
6Discovery of the Loup Fork Beds of Kansas and Subsequent Work There (1877, 1882–1884)
7Expedition to the Oregon Desert in 1877
8Expedition to the John Day River in 1878 - Part 1
9Expedition to the John Day River in 1878 - Part 2
10First Expedition to the Permian of Texas in 1882
11Expeditions in the Permian of Texas for Professor Cope (1895–1897)
12In the Red Beds of Texas for the Royal Museum of Munich (1901)
13Conclusion
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