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Morrison, Taylor

The Great Unknown

32 pp. | Houghton/Lorraine | April, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-395-97494-1 $$16.00
(4) 1-3 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.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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