Resumen:
Dragon Hunter.This combination biography and adventure story traces the life of the explorer Roy Chapman Andrews, whose five expeditions to the Gobi Desert in the 1920s and 1930s were the most ambitious scientific venture ever launched from the United States. Using automobiles supported by camel caravans, the expeditions uncovered dinosaur eggs, the first skeleton of Velociraptor, and other archaeological treasures, in spite of sandstorms, bandits, and civil war. Gallenkamp, an archaeologist, also traces the religious controversy over evolution and the anti-imperialist conflicts involving China, Mongolia, and the U.S. that were sparked by Andrews' expeditions. |
