CRUISIN’ THE FOSSIL FREEWAY
An Epoch Tale of a Scientist and an Artist on the Ultimate 5,000-Mile Paleo Road Trip. Two “paleonerds” embark on a roadtrip across the West in search of fossils.
The new edition has been updated throughout, with additional art, full color on every page, a new forward by Kirk, along with an extra chapter. This paleo classic is a must have for anyone interested in the deep history of the earth. Based on their 5,000 mile + journey through the American west in the early 2000’s, it’s a rollicking fact-filled adventure riding along with two of America’s best known paleo nerds.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Kirk R. Johnson is a paleobotanist and the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the host of two recent PBS series, Making North America and The Great Yellowstone Thaw. He has written ten books including Prehistoric Journey, Cruisin’ The Fossil Coastline, and Ancient Wyoming. Ray Troll is an artist who has illustrated ten books, including Cruisin’ the Fossil Coastline, Sharkabet, Rapture of the Deep, and Planet Ocean. He and his wife, Michelle, own and operate the Soho Coho Gallery in Ketchikan, Alaska.
REVIEWS:
“No one—not even Steven Spielberg—can explain the magic of the Jurassic as cleverly and comprehensively as America’s current Master of the Mesozoic, Kirk Johnson. Now, together with the magnificently eccentric fossil-artists Ray Troll, Kirk reports on a paleontological odyssey that manages to be informative, witty, educational—and enormous fun.” —Simon Winchester, author of The Map That Changed the World, Krakatoa, and A Crack in the Edge of the World
“By the time you finish this book, you will know more about dinosaurs, trilobites, and ammonites than you ever wanted to, and you’ll never even realize that you were learning all this great stuff.” —Richard Ellis, American Museum of Natural History research associate and author of The Empty Ocean
“Johnson relates the stories of the great discoveries in paleontology and peoples them with a rogues’ gallery of parched academics and mercenary treasure hunters. In the end, the reader is holding the strangest, most delightful of texts—an adventure story, a memoir, a handbook, a history, a guide. And a refreshing sense that the boisterous Earth is resilient and enduring.” —Peter Heller, author of Hell or High Water and The Whale Warriors
