Dragon Teeth

The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate Americas western territories even as gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. In much of the country it is still illegal to espouse evolution. Against this backdrop two palaeontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils while deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars.

Klappentext Michael Crichton! the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park! returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel - a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting. The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America's western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. Against this backdrop two paleontologists pillage the Wild West for dinosaur fossils! while deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars. Into this treacherous territory plunges William Johnson! a Yale student with more privilege than sense. Determined to win a bet against his arch-rival! William has joined world-renowned paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh on his latest expedition. But Marsh becomes convinced that William is spying for his nemesis! Edwin Drinker Cope! and abandons him in Cheyenne! Wyoming! a locus of crime and vice. Soon William joins forces with Cope and stumbles upon a discovery of historic proportions. The struggle to protect this extraordinary treasure! however! will test William's newfound resilience and pit him against some of the West's most dangerous and notorious characters... Zusammenfassung Michael Crichton! the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park! returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel - a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting.

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Michael Crichton wurde 1942 in Chicago geboren und studierte in Harvard Medizin. Crichton, der seit Mitte der Sechzigerjahre Romane schrieb, griff immer wieder gekonnt neueste naturwissenschaftliche und technische Forschungen auf. Für die international erfolgreiche Serie "Emergency Room" schrieb er das Drehbuch. Seine Thriller wurden auch als Filme weltweite Erfolge, über siebenundzwanzig Romane und hundert Millionen verkaufte Bücher stehen für sein Werk. Im November 2008 starb Michael Crichton im Alter von 66 Jahren.

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Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel - a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting.

The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America's western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. Against this backdrop two paleontologists pillage the Wild West for dinosaur fossils, while deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars.

Into this treacherous territory plunges William Johnson, a Yale student with more privilege than sense. Determined to win a bet against his arch-rival, William has joined world-renowned paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh on his latest expedition. But Marsh becomes convinced that William is spying for his nemesis, Edwin Drinker Cope, and abandons him in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a locus of crime and vice.

Soon William joins forces with Cope and stumbles upon a discovery of historic proportions. The struggle to protect this extraordinary treasure, however, will test William's newfound resilience and pit him against some of the West's most dangerous and notorious characters...