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  • Published: 30 April 2019
  • ISBN: 9780425289846
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $39.99

Tooth And Claw

The Dinosaur Wars



Today we take for granted the idea that dinosaurs once roamed the earth. But two hundred years ago, the very concept of an extinct species did not exist. When an English scientist proposed in 1841 that Dino Saurs ("terrible lizards") had come and gone, it was only a theory, a new way of explaining the "dragon" and "giant" bones scattered across the globe. But when proof turned up seventeen years later, it was not only incontrovertible; it was massive.

Tooth and Claw tells the story of the feverish race between two brilliant, driven, and insanely competitive scientists--Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh--to uncover more and more monstrous fossils in the newly opened Wild West. Between them, they discovered dozens of major dinosaur species and established the new discipline of paleontology in America. But their bitter thirty-year rivalry--a "war" waged on wild plains and mountains, in tabloid newsprint, and in Congress--dramatically wrecked their professional and private lives even as it brought alive for the public a vanished prehistoric world.

The tale of the epic rivalry between two foundational paleontologists to find bigger and better bones in the American West, perfect for readers of Steve Sheinkin and Candace Fleming.

Today we take for granted the idea that dinosaurs once roamed the earth. But two hundred years ago, the very concept of an extinct species did not exist. When an English scientist proposed in 1841 that Dino Saurs ("terrible lizards") had come and gone, it was only a theory, a new way of explaining the "dragon" and "giant" bones scattered across the globe. But when proof turned up seventeen years later, it was not only incontrovertible; it was massive.

Tooth and Claw tells the story of the feverish race between two brilliant, driven, and insanely competitive scientists--Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh--to uncover more and more monstrous fossils in the newly opened Wild West. Between them, they discovered dozens of major dinosaur species and established the new discipline of paleontology in America. But their bitter thirty-year rivalry--a "war" waged on wild plains and mountains, in tabloid newsprint, and in Congress--dramatically wrecked their professional and private lives even as it brought alive for the public a vanished prehistoric world.

  • Published: 30 April 2019
  • ISBN: 9780425289846
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $39.99

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Praise for Tooth And Claw

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A Washington Post Best Children's Book of the Year 2017
A Barnes and Noble Best Book of the Year 2017

* "Fans of magic, mystery, and debates on the supernatural will devour Noyes's take on Houdini." --School Library Journal, starred review

"Compelling . . . Noyes's book treats [young readers] to colorful lessons in history, theatrics--and skepticism." --The Washington Post

Select accolades for Ten Days a Madwoman:

A 2017 New York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize finalist
An ALA 2017 Amelia Bloomer list pick
2016 Nerdy Book Club Award for Long Form Nonfiction

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"Noyes's vivid storytelling throws us headfirst into Nellie Bly's inspiring work and incredibly daring adventures." --Steve Sheinkin, National Book Award Finalist and Newbery Honor-winning author of Bomb and The Port Chicago 50