Dinosaurs

Grand Central Publishing · 1986 · 308pp · Book

An excursion into the American Museum of Natural History. The American Museum of Natural History in New York houses a veritable stockpile of world records: the biggest elephant tusks, the finest uncut emerald, the world's smallest beetle, millions of spiders, butterflies, dinosaur bones, whales, diamonds, gold masks, gigantic rubies, thousands of mummies, shrunken heads, and much more. Dinosaurs in the Attic takes the reader into the deepest sub-basements of the Museum and uncovers hidden treasures never seen by the public, shedding new light on familiar exhibits and halls through stories of expeditions to the ends of the earth, true tales of heroism, defeat, discovery, death, madness, and even murder—all in the pursuit of science.