Project Gutenberg 2018-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 102 Sternberg, Charles H. (Charles Hazelius) 1850 1943 Sternberg, Charles Hazelius Osborn, Henry Fairfield 1857 1935 Osborn, Henry F. (Henry Fairfield) The Life of a Fossil Hunter Reading ease score: 72.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Life of a Fossil Hunter" by Charles H. Sternberg is a memoir written in the early 20th century, specifically around 1909. This work recounts the author's adventures and experiences as a dedicated fossil hunter in North America, exploring sites rich in prehistoric life during the Cretaceous period. The narrative emphasizes Sternberg's passion for paleontology, showcasing his travels, discoveries, and the hardships faced in pursuit of ancient fossils. The opening of the book introduces us to the author's formative years and early interests in nature, including his initial fascination with collecting fossils. Sternberg reflects on his childhood spent in New York, his family's history, and the move to Kansas, where he begins to delve deeply into fossil hunting. He vividly recalls incidents that shaped his life, including a serious leg injury and his commitment to collecting and studying fossils in the Dakota Group of the Cretaceous. This beginning sets the stage for a detailed and personal account of the challenges and triumphs faced by a pioneer in the field of paleontology as he dedicates his life to uncovering the remnants of ancient life on Earth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Sternberg, Charles H., (Charles Hazelius), 1850-1943 Paleontologists -- United States -- Biography Fossils -- Collection and preservation -- United States -- History QE Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - General Browsing: Science - General 523654 523734 2024-09-23T15:00:22.957700 2023-09-24T12:44:06.184309 text/html text/html 510601 2018-05-18T10:47:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 3835737 2018-05-18T10:47:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 3897594 2024-09-23T15:00:36.278657 application/epub+zip 3895360 2024-09-23T15:00:25.666680 application/epub+zip 264446 2024-09-23T15:00:24.206677 application/epub+zip 4018639 2024-09-23T15:00:42.336623 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3930057 2024-09-23T15:00:35.031627 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 364615 2022-08-25T17:04:44.236473 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 433821 433629 2024-09-23T15:00:20.602733 2023-09-24T12:44:04.342305 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 434069 2018-05-18T10:47:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 166580 2018-05-18T10:47:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19824 2024-09-23T15:00:42.647600 application/rdf+xml 17002 2024-09-23T15:00:24.405675 image/jpeg 2289 2024-09-23T15:00:24.290697 image/jpeg 3856343 2024-09-23T15:00:23.206692 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia