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- Page 8 and 9: Young Johnson Joins the Field Trip
- Page 10 and 11: Marsh Professor Marsh kept offices
- Page 12 and 13: The name had an extraordinary effec
- Page 14 and 15: Learning Photography Johnson wanted
- Page 16 and 17: Philadelphia Philadelphia was the b
- Page 18 and 19: puffed-up, brave, and determined to
- Page 20 and 21: “Really? Most families wish to me
- Page 22 and 23: wealthy Quaker merchant, left him m
- Page 24 and 25: “I have made inquiries about that
- Page 26 and 27: informed of this by Red Cloud himse
- Page 28 and 29: Going West The Chicago and North We
- Page 30 and 31: The West Beyond Omaha the real West
- Page 32 and 33: town, it was, noted Johnson, “a c
- Page 34 and 35: The Pride De Paree Theater was a tw
- Page 36 and 37: “I’ll be back, though.” “Wh
- Page 38 and 39: “Oh yes, Mr. Johnson,” said the
- Page 40 and 41: Cope’s Expedition It was immediat
- Page 42 and 43: Established thirty years before, Sa
- Page 44 and 45: e rejoining her husband; indeed, sh
- Page 46 and 47: His personal style—his long curly
- Page 48 and 49: Part II The Lost World
- Page 50 and 51: He was awake for each changing of t
- Page 52 and 53: Incidents on the Plains In the midd
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Badlands The Judith River, a tribut
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“I said, ‘I bid you welcome and
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that the nomadic Indian lives a fre
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Bone Country With these preliminary
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potential discoveries lying in wait
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cooks it,” Isaac grumbled). Rathe
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In 1871, Lord Kelvin, the most emin
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Bad Water Cope chose his campsites
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They rode on. The sun dropped behin
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Dinner with Cope and Marsh The sear
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“Very true.” “Though you neve
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“Sleep with Your Guns Tonight, Bo
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Moving Camp In early August, they w
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“Just wait and see,” Cookie sai
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“Of these rocks?” Johnson asked
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Around the Campfire Any discovery l
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Leaving the Badlands The morning of
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I am dreadfully ashamed of what occ
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Part III Dragon Teeth
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they reach us.” “You boys go ri
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Badlands Silence, under a waning mo
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Little Wind said nothing. “What a
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Deadwood Deadwood presented a bleak
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he thought. Then he finished fillin
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Laramie and Cheyenne?” “That’
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“He moved old Jake when the carri
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“So I expect you’ll have to get
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The Black Hills Art Gallery “How
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But it was also the beginning of tr
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His whole manner changed. “Then y
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For his part, Black Dick claimed to
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“I got to pack,” Johnson said,
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No one in town who knew Dick would
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already been to Montana City and Cr
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“Fossil bones are rock.” “The
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Emily’s News “It’s no good,
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All around him, the hotel was silen
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“I am sure of it,” the judge sa
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“Yes. Ling Chow has tool shed, ve
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A Shootout Black Dick showed up in
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Keep your eyes on him. Never take y
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had hired Kang to help him again, s
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Deadwood for the winter, but said t
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“Only a damn fool would think so,
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Johnson and Miss Emily ducked down.
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Red Canyon They reached the town of
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Fort Laramie Fort Laramie was an ar
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“Well, you’ve just come from De
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“How can you say that? Look at hi
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other pursuits of no substance.”
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“Of course.” “Really?” “D
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“I don’t see why not. She says
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At eight the next morning, feeling
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His father embraced him warmly. “
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Postscript Cope Edward Drinker Cope
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Author’s Note “Biography,” ob
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Afterword Michael’s dedication to
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Taft, Robert. Photography and the A
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Also by Michael Crichton Fiction Th
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Copyright This book is a work of fi
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* Editor’s note: Charles H. Stern