Praise for Rex Appeal
"The book anyone who loves dinosaurs must have!"
- Robert Bakker, Ph.D., author of The Dinosaur Heresies
"A riveting saga, tailor-made for the movies. Here is all the sweat and adventure of dinosaur collecting, along with fascinating scientific detective work that brings these old bones to life. Most of all, here is a gripping account of a horrific episode in American paleontology that should never be allowed to happen again."
- Niles Eldredge, American Museum of Natural History
"A thoroughly enjoyable book—all you ever wanted to know about T. rex, co-written by the man who has collected more of them than anyone!"
- Kenneth Carpenter, Ph.D., Denver Museum of Nature and Science
"Here at last is the story of the man who stood in the center of an unbelievable tornado of events surrounding Sue. A well-told saga worthy of the ancient Greeks, complete with the science behind the story."
- Philip Currie, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
"A great story, as much about government greed as it is about science."
- Lloyd Dobyns, former NBC News anchor and correspond

Denver Post Review

Twelve years ago, Hill City paleontologist Peter Larson did what he always does in the sweltering heat of the South Dakota summer. He headed out with a canteen and a treasure hunter's determination...


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