Dragon teeth : a novel
The year is 1876. Warring Native tribes still populate America's western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. In much of the country it is still illegal to espouse evolution. Against this backdrop two monomaniacal paleontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges the arrogant and entitled William Johnson, a Yale student with more privilege than sense. Determined to survive a summer in the west to win a bet against his arch-rival, William has joined world-renowned paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh on his latest expedition. But when the paranoid and secretive Marsh becomes convinced that William is spying for his nemesis, Edwin Drinker Cope, he abandons him in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a locus of crime and vice. William is forced to join forces with Cope and soon stumbles upon a discovery of historic proportions. With this extraordinary treasure, however, comes exceptional danger, and William's newfound resilience will be tested in his struggle to protect his cache, which pits him against some of the West's most notorious characters.
Available Copies by Location
Location | |
---|---|
Stamford | Available |
Victoria | Available |
Victoria | Checked out |
Victoria | Available |
Other Formats
Browse Related Items
- ISBN: 9780062473356
- Physical Description 295 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Edition First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2017.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Map on endpapers. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Additional Information
LDR | 02594cam a2200373 i 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | 109891 | ||
003 | NFPL | ||
005 | 20170516104415.0 | ||
008 | 170516s2017 nyub e b 000 f eng d | ||
020 | . | ‡a9780062473356 ‡q(hardcover) | |
035 | . | ‡a(OAUW)248484 | |
040 | . | ‡aCaOAUW ‡beng ‡erda ‡cCaOAUW | |
082 | 0 | 4. | ‡a[Fic] ‡223 |
100 | 1 | . | ‡aCrichton, Michael, ‡d1942-2008. ‡0(DLC)n 50018616 ‡0(NFPL)1997 |
245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aDragon teeth : ‡ba novel / ‡cMichael Crichton. |
250 | . | ‡aFirst edition. | |
264 | 1. | ‡a[Place of publication not identified] : ‡b[publisher not identified], ‡c2017. | |
264 | 1. | ‡aNew York, NY : ‡bHarper, ‡c[2017] | |
300 | . | ‡a295 pages : ‡bmap ; ‡c24 cm | |
336 | . | ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent | |
337 | . | ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia | |
338 | . | ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier | |
500 | . | ‡aMap on endpapers. | |
504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references. | |
520 | . | ‡aThe year is 1876. Warring Native tribes still populate America's western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. In much of the country it is still illegal to espouse evolution. Against this backdrop two monomaniacal paleontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges the arrogant and entitled William Johnson, a Yale student with more privilege than sense. Determined to survive a summer in the west to win a bet against his arch-rival, William has joined world-renowned paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh on his latest expedition. But when the paranoid and secretive Marsh becomes convinced that William is spying for his nemesis, Edwin Drinker Cope, he abandons him in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a locus of crime and vice. William is forced to join forces with Cope and soon stumbles upon a discovery of historic proportions. With this extraordinary treasure, however, comes exceptional danger, and William's newfound resilience will be tested in his struggle to protect his cache, which pits him against some of the West's most notorious characters. | |
650 | 0. | ‡aPaleontologists ‡0(DLC)sh 85097121 ‡vFiction. ‡0(DLC)sh 99001562 | |
655 | 7. | ‡aWestern fiction. ‡2lcgft ‡0(DLC)gf2014026594 ‡0(NFPL)480 | |
655 | 7. | ‡aAction and adventure fiction. ‡2lcgft ‡0(DLC)gf2014026217 ‡0(NFPL)355 | |
655 | 7. | ‡aThrillers (Fiction) ‡2lcgft ‡0(DLC)gf2014026571 ‡0(NFPL)466 | |
655 | 7. | ‡aHistorical fiction. ‡2lcgft ‡0(DLC)gf2014026370 ‡0(NFPL)408 | |
655 | 7. | ‡aNovels. ‡2lcgft ‡0(DLC)gf2015026020 ‡0(NFPL)626 | |
905 | . | ‡ucdunn | |
930 | . | ‡aMARCIVE (082023) | |
901 | . | ‡a109891 ‡bUnknown ‡c109891 ‡tbiblio ‡sSystem Local |