04376cam a2200553 4500 598866146 TxAuBib 20220602120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781549145971 1549145975 1fd0cc61-8d8d-4862-8056-9385a86e0a56 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4003636 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Williams, Paige. The Dinosaur Artist [Libby] : Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth's Ultimate Trophy. Hachette Audio, 2018. Natural history. ivory. dino bones. stolen fossils. feather thief. Archaeology. T Rex. fossil hunting. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 342MB. Sixth Extinction. archaeological dig. orchid thief. international crime. jurassic park. land o lakes. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 342MB. black market. national treasure. Mongolia. Adventure. Geology. True Crime. HTML:In this 2018 New York Times Notable Book,Paige Williams "does for fossils what Susan Orlean did for orchids" (Book Riot) in her account of one Florida man's attempt to sell a dinosaur skeleton from Mongolia—a story "steeped in natural history, human nature, commerce, crime, science, and politics" (Rebecca Skloot). In 2012, a New York auction catalogue boasted an unusual offering: "a superb Tyrannosaurus skeleton." In fact, Lot 49135 consisted of a nearly complete T. bataar, a close cousin to the most famous animal that ever lived. The fossils now on display in a Manhattan event space had been unearthed in Mongolia, more than 6,000 miles away. At eight-feet high and 24 feet long, the specimen was spectacular, and when the gavel sounded the winning bid was over $1 million. Eric Prokopi, a thirty-eight-year-old Floridian, was the man who had brought this extraordinary skeleton to market. A onetime swimmer who spent his teenage years diving for shark teeth, Prokopi's singular obsession with fossils fueled a thriving business hunting, preparing, and selling specimens, to clients ranging from natural history museums to avid private collectors like actor Leonardo DiCaprio. But there was a problem. This time, facing financial strain, had Prokopi gone too far? As the T. bataar went to auction, a network of paleontologists alerted the government of Mongolia to the eye-catching lot. As an international custody battle ensued, Prokopi watched as his own world unraveled. In the tradition of The Orchid Thief, The Dinosaur Artist is a stunning work of narrative journalism about humans' relationship with natural history and a seemingly intractable conflict between science and commerce. A story that stretches from Florida's Land O' Lakes to the Gobi Desert, The Dinosaur Artist illuminates the history of fossil collecting—a murky, sometimes risky business, populated by eccentrics and obsessives, where the lines between poacher and hunter, collector and smuggler, enthusiast and opportunist, can easily blur. In her first book, Paige Williams has given readers an irresistible story that spans continents, cultures, and millennia as she examines the question of who, ultimately, owns the past. History. Nonfiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-31 20:00:03. Archer, Ellen. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/4003636-TheDinosaurArtist.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1fd0cc61-8d8d-4862-8056-9385a86e0a56&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/4003636-TheDinosaurArtist.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1fd0cc61-8d8d-4862-8056-9385a86e0a56&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)