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Mermaids and mastodons : a book of natural & unnatural history

Title
Mermaids and mastodons : a book of natural & unnatural history / Richard Carrington ; with illustrations by Maurice Wilson and others.
Author
Carrington, Richard.
Publication
New York : Rinehart, ©1957.

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Description
xvi, 251 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Subject
  • Animals, Mythical
  • Extinct animals
  • Living fossils
  • Paleontology
  • Paleontology
  • paleontology
Note
  • Simultaneously published by Chatto and Windus, London.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Contents
Part one : Behind the legends. The natural history of mermaids -- The great sea serpent -- The Kraken and other sea monsters -- Dragons of East and West -- Fabulous ornithology -- Part two : Stone testament. The book of earth history -- The carcases in the tundra -- How the elephant got its trunk -- The discovery of the dinosaurs -- The footprints at Carson City Gaol -- Part three : Living links with the past. The fossil that came to life -- A worm that wouldn't turn -- Relics of the primeval forest -- The attic of the earth -- Part four : The death of races. The last of the Quaggas -- The story of a massacre -- Steller and the great sea cow -- Fossils of tomorrow.
LCCN
57006576
OCLC
  • ocm01458426
  • 1458426
  • SCSB-310993
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library