Part 25

GENERAL WORKS

Dunbar, C. O. (1959) Historical geology, John Wiley and Sons, New York.

College-level text, well written and well illustrated.

Moore, R. C. (1958) Introduction to historical geology, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York.

College-level presentation of earth history. Many illustrations of fossils.

Moore, Ruth (1953) Man, time, and fossils, Alfred Knopf, New York.

A readable account of fossils and their development throughout geologic time.

Panghorn, M. W., Jr. (1957) Earth for the layman, American Geological Institute, Washington, D. C.

Contains many valuable references.

Raymond, P. E. (1950) Prehistoric life, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.

College-level text.

Richards, H. G. (1953) Record of the rocks, Ronald Press, New York.

College-level earth history text.

Simpson, G. G. (1953) Life of the past, Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.

Thorough, yet readable, introduction to paleontology.

Stirton, R. A. (1959) Time, life, and man: the fossil record, John Wiley and Sons, New York.

An introductory college text, most of which is of interest to adult level general readers.

Note: See also sections on Paleontology and Fossils in Encyclopedia Americana, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and others.

NONTECHNICAL AND JUVENILE

Andrews, R. C. (1953) All about dinosaurs, Random House, New York.

Interesting and readable dinosaur book for junior high and high-school age.

Andrews, R. C. (1956) All about strange beasts of the past, Random House, New York.

Interesting and easy to read, this book deals largely with extinct and unusual mammals (junior high and high school).

Colbert, E. H. (1945) The dinosaur book, American Museum of Natural History, New York.

A classic among “popular” dinosaur books. For all age levels.

Colbert, E. H. (1957) Dinosaurs, American Museum of Natural History, New York.

This little booklet provides a well-illustrated introduction to the dinosaurs. For high school and adult-level readers.

Dickinson, Alice (1954) First book of prehistoric animals, Franklin Watts, Inc., New York.