R11 DAYS OF DINOSAURS

by Roy Chapman Andrews

Book by Roy Chapman Andrews

Genres: Dinosaurs, Prehistoric, Nonfiction

82 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1959

About the author

Roy Chapman Andrews was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He is primarily known for leading a series of expeditions in China in the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia. The expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known fossil dinosaur eggs to the museum. His popular writings about his adventures made him famous.

Reviews

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Came across this book (apparently a first edition from 1959) in fairly good shape at the thrift store and for 20 cents could not say NO to this. The author, Roy Chapman Andrews, was an early giant in the field of paleontology and led several famous expeditions into the Gobi desert and other parts of Asia in search of Dinosaur fossils.

The book is aimed at children and is well written and clear though a few of his assertions have since been dis-proven by more modern experts in the field. At 80 pages with large clear illustrations, this book is a 20 minute read at most but is well worth the time. If read by children, it should be discussed with parents so that the latest and most current thinking is covered as well as this older thought. It is very interesting for someone who's seen thinking in this area change over their lifetime.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book because I love dinosaurs and prehistoric times.Also love older books like this although, some of the science is now outdated .
Maybe this is petty,but it bugged me how the author referred to some dinosaurs as "stupid" because they had small brains. Undoubtedly, some dinosaurs were smarter than others, but I don't think there was ever a species of dinosaurs that didn't exist for several thousand years, so they must not have been that stupid to survive that long.