The mystery of the mammoth bones

By James Giblin

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, Paleontology, juvenile literature, Bones, Mastodon, Dinosaurs, Mastodons, Peale, charles willson, 1741-1827, Natural history, Fossils, Paleontologists, Artists, Museum curators

Description: Describes the efforts of the artist, museum curator, and self-taught paleontologist, Charles Willson Peale, to excavate, study, and display the bones of a prehistoric creature that is later named "mastodon."