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American Monster: How the Nation's First Prehistoric Creature Became a Symbol of National Identity
Paul Semonin
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| #1640930 in Books | NYU Press | 2000-09-01 | 2000-09-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x1.25 x5.98l,1.75 | File type: PDF | 502 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Bones of contention|By Bomojaz|In this interesting, well-written book Paul Semonin examines early (first half of the 18th century) fossil discoveries made in NY and along the Ohio River in terms of what scientists thought they were from to how people came to interpret them based on religious convention and, ultimately, national pride. When mastodon teeth were first found near A|||"The definitive study of the first unofficial totem animal of United States culture. Semonin's authoritative treatment of the 'American incognitum' or mastadon . . . is engagingly written and richly detailed. This book shows once again why history is stranger
In 1801, the first complete mastodon skeleton was excavated in the Hudson River Valley, marking the climax of a century-long debate in America and Europe over the identity of a mysterious creature known as the American Incognitum. Long before the dinosaurs were discovered and the notion of geological time acquired currency, many citizens of the new republic believed this mythical beast to be a ferocious carnivore, capable of crushing deer and elk in its "monstrous gri...
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