Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Scientists Wage Bitter Warfare 7
7. 2. Osborn’s Sorry Valentine 27
8. 3. Wortman Assumes Charge 44
9. 4. Most Colossal Animal on Earth 64
10. 5. An Overconfident Start 83
11. 6. The Monster of All Ages 104
12. 7. A Monkey and a Parrot of a Time 123
13. 8. Fossil Wonders of the West 143
14. 9. Watch the Dinosaur Shrink! 162
15. 10. Hatcher Heads West 182
16. 11. Last Days in the Jurassic 201
17. 12. Putting Dinosaurs in Their Places 219
18. Conclusion: What’s the Rush? 247
19. Epilogue 257
20. Appendix 261
21. Notes 263
22. Bibliography 305
23. Index 319