The mystery of the mammoth bones

By James Giblin

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

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."