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32 pp.
| Houghton/Lorraine |
April, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-395-97494-1$$16.00
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After a brief section explaining the animal's presence in the Hudson River Valley, this book recounts the discovery of a mastodon skeleton there in 1799 and Charles Willson Peale's subsequent expedition to purchase it and excavate another for his museum in Philadelphia. Dark, unpolished illustrations accompany the text. Bib., glos.