The Sternberg Fossil Hunters: A Dinosaur Dynasty

by Katherine Rogers

Rogers has drawn upon field diaries, letters, records, and photo albums for this account of the Sternbergs, a father (Charles H.)-and-sons (George, Charlie, and Levi) team who, from the 1870s to the 1960s, dug for fossils in the North American West and the South American region of Patagonia. Great b&w photographs, many taken by George Sternberg. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Genres: Dinosaurs, History, Nonfiction, Biography

288 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1991

Reviews

[Jimmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a Kansas resident, I found this book fascinating, both as local history and as a description of the early days of dinosaur paleontology. Fine biography of the Sternberg family, marred by repeated references to evolution and "millions of years". There were even a couple points (such as p. 44) that tried to act as if there is a conflict between science and the beginning of Genesis.