{"product_id":"big-bone-lick-the-cradle-of-american-paleontology-hardcover","title":"Big Bone Lick: The Cradle of American Paleontology - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStanley Hedeen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Mack Faragher\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn March 7, 1808, President Thomas Jefferson received a long-awaited shipment of approximately 300 fossils from William Clark, who had just completed his westward expedition with Meriwether Lewis. The fossils were unearthed at Big Bone Lick in northern Kentucky, and over the years they had gained the interest of such prominent figures as Daniel Boone, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin. Jefferson's receipt of the fossils was the realization of more than twenty years of the philosopherstate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStanley Hedeen\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of biology and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Xavier University. He has written several books on the natural and environmental history of the greater Cincinnati region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.57 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486321098930,"sku":"9780813124858","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/4fddd756bf5d55af0b2406a7b54a4434.webp?v=1779306363","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/big-bone-lick-the-cradle-of-american-paleontology-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}