001557521 000__ 03659nam\\2200529\i\4500 001557521 001__ 1557521 001557521 003__ DLC 001557521 005__ 20240829003237.0 001557521 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001557521 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001557521 008__ 240329t20242024nyua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 001557521 010__ $$a 2024003628 001557521 020__ $$a9781982199630 001557521 020__ $$a1982199636 001557521 020__ $$z9781982199616 001557521 040__ $$aNhCcYBP$$cNhCcYBP 001557521 043__ $$ae-uk--- 001557521 050_4 $$aQE705.G7$$bD65 2024 001557521 08200 $$a567.90941/09034$$223/eng/20240409 001557521 1001_ $$aDolnick, Edward,$$d1952-$$eauthor. 001557521 24510 $$aDinosaurs at the dinner party :$$bHow an eccentric group of Victorians discovered prehistoric creatures and accidentally upended the world /$$cEdward Dolnick. 001557521 24630 $$aHow an eccentric group of Victorians discovered prehistoric creatures and accidentally upended the world 001557521 250__ $$aFirst Scribner hardcover edition. 001557521 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bScribner,$$c2024. 001557521 264_4 $$c©2024 001557521 300__ $$a1 online resource :$$billustrations (chiefly color) 001557521 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001557521 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001557521 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001557521 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 001557521 5050_ $$aIntroduction: A Shriek in the Night -- "Dragons in Their Slime" -- The Girl Who Lived -- "The Most Amazing Creature" -- An Epic Written in Chalk -- "The Dreadful Clink of Hammers" -- "It's a Beautiful Day and the Beaches Are Open" -- Trembling in the Dark -- The Divine Calligrapher -- The Apple of God's Eye -- Whales in the Treetops -- Without a Trace -- "None of the Advantages" -- "Sister of the Above" -- Ferns and Fox Hunters -- Into the Temple of Immortality -- Framed for Bliss -- "A Delicate Toast of Mice" -- Kirkdale Cave -- In Nature's Cathedral -- "Quite in Love with Seaweeds" -- William Paley Stubs His Toe -- Here Be Dragons (and Giants and Cyclopses) -- Looking into Medusa's Eyes -- Leibniz's Unicorn -- "The Grinders of an Elephant" -- "The Terror of the Forest" -- "The Very Extraordinary Skeleton" -- Noah's Ark -- "A Cold Wind out of a Dark Cellar" -- Sherlock Holmes Ponders a Bone -- Bursting the Limits of Time -- Boiling Seas and Exploding Mountains -- Mayflies and Human History -- Scattered by Desert Winds -- Lizards in Scripture? -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- Defunct Animals and Open Windows -- The Mystery of the Moa -- "The Invention of Dinosaurs" -- "When Troubles Come, They Come Not Single Spies but in Battalions" -- Return of the Happy World -- Dinner in a Dinosaur -- "It Is Like Confessing a Murder" -- Epilogue. 001557521 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users 001557521 533__ $$aElectronic reproduction.$$bAnn Arbor, MI$$nAvailable via World Wide Web. 001557521 588__ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 22, 2024). 001557521 650_0 $$aPaleontology$$zGreat Britain$$xHistory$$y19th century.$$xCollection and preservation$$0(DLC)sh 85097151 001557521 650_0 $$aPaleontologists$$zGreat Britain$$xHistory$$y19th century.$$zUnited States$$vBiography$$0(DLC)sh2010104900 001557521 650_0 $$aDinosaurs$$zGreat Britain$$xHistory.$$0(DLC)sh 85037626 001557521 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001557521 7102_ $$aProQuest (Firm) 001557521 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aDolnick, Edward.$$tDinosaurs at the dinner party$$bFirst Scribner hardcover edition.$$dNew York : Scribner, [2024]$$z9781982199616$$w(DLC) 2024003627 001557521 852__ $$bebk 001557521 85640 $$3GOBI DDA$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=30789026$$zOnline Access 001557521 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1557521$$pGLOBAL_SET 001557521 980__ $$aBIB 001557521 980__ $$aEBOOK 001557521 982__ $$aEbook 001557521 983__ $$aOnline