Mister Peale's Mammoth

By Sam Epstein, Beryl Epstein

Subjects: Museums, Juvenile literature, Biography, Museum directors, Museums, juvenile literature, Peale, charles willson, 1741-1827, Animals, juvenile literature, Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.), Animals, Mammoths

Description: Enthralled by the new science of natural history, a famous American painter establishes a museum in his home and organizes a scientific expedition to find and dig up a complete mammoth skeleton.