![]() ![]() I’ve made up for that crime today by hosting Day 2 in the book’s all new blog tour. I was a fan of the book back in 2013 when I first ran across it and always felt vaguely sad that I didn’t get a chance to review it. Lively and witty rhymes plus wonderfully demented illustrations reveal how the paleontologists’ infamous rivalry began, and how-despite making genuine and lasting contributions to the field-their mutual obsession with outdoing one another spun out of control. This frenzy of discovery and one-upmanship-known today as the Bone Wars-was a gold rush–like scramble to find the most and “best” dinosaur fossils, thus bringing to glory to their respective home-base universities. ![]() The first book in the Unhinged History series is a ripping yarn-full of adventure and deceit-that brings to life the best-known public spat in all of paleontology: the bitter rivalry between Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh. This year, the book has been picked up by Schiffer Publishing. ![]() ![]() Enterprising souls, they sent it to me then and I rather liked its apology-free mix of fact, fiction, and rhyme. Sticks n’ Stones n’ Dinosaur Bones was originally self-published by creators Ted Enik and G.F. As you may know, I’ve a soft spot in my heart for independent publishers and self-published titles. There are a fair number of them out there and how do you choose which ones to feature? But today’s book is kind of special. I don’t usually do straight up blog tours and the reasoning for this is simple. ![]()
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