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title: "Dragon Hunter: Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions"
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# Dragon Hunter: Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions

**Brand:** charles gallenkampmichael j. novacek
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- **What is this?** Dragon Hunter: Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions by charles gallenkampmichael j. novacek
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ HE WASN'T BORN IN INDIANA, BUT OTHERWISE....
*by B***T on November 7, 2001*

This is a great rollercoaster ride of a book. As the saying goes, a novelist couldn't dream up the real adventures that Roy Chapman Andrews lived through. Right from the get-go, Andrews had incredible energy and before he was 30 he had accomplished more than most people do in a lifetime!As a teenager, Andrews, using a book on taxidermy as a guide, taught himself to mount animals and birds. As the author explains, "He soon became so skilled that he acquired a license from the Wisconsin Conservation Department and started a part-time business mounting trophies for hunters, the proceeds from which paid for most of his college tuition." Andrews always knew what he wanted to do for a living and he went right after it... To quote Andrews, "Actually, I never had a choice of profession. I wanted to be an explorer and naturalist so passionately that anything else as a life work just never entered my mind."After college, even though he had received a letter from the director of the American Museum of Natural History in New York stating that they had no job openings, Andrews went to New York anyway and showed up at the museum. With his combination of charm and determination he convinced the director to hire him. Andrews started off as an "assistant", basically doing janitorial services, but quickly worked his way up. Still only 23 years old, he was sent by the museum to salvage the remains of a North American right whale that had washed ashore in February 1907, at Amagansett on Long Island. The museum wanted the whale for its cetacean collection. In 20 below zero farenheit weather, Andrews and another museum employee, along with local fishermen, started to "excavate" the whale from the sand. After a couple of days of backbreaking work a severe winter storm struck the area and reburied the whale. Andrews and his co-worker had to start all over again, and it took them a further 10 days to accomplish their goal.After that, Andrews was off to the races. The museum sent him out to shore-whaling stations in British Columbia and Alaska to gather anatomical data on whales. Andrews started to write papers on various topics. When he got back to New York he began attending Columbia University so that he could pursue a doctorate in zoology. In his anatomy studies he became quite adept at dissections. His instructor, a prominent surgeon, was so impressed with Andrews' skills that the instructor thought Andrews should pursue a career as a surgeon! Andrews also gave a lecture and slideshow and did so well that he got a standing ovation. He was invited to participate in a lecture program sponsored by the city's Department of Education. At this point, we are only up to 1908-1909 and Andrews was only 24-25 years old.I hope this gives you some idea of how interesting and exciting Andrews' life story is. All the Central Asiatic Expeditions, with howling sandstorms, civil wars and vicious bandits are still to come!This was easily one of the best books I've read in the past year. In what is always a great tribute to a wonderful story, I wish I could wipe my memory clean and start it all over again!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Better Han Indiana Jones’ adventurous spirit.
*by M***R on February 8, 2019*

Have you ever wondered who brought back those wonderful old bones that form the basis of the ( NYC) American Museum of Natural History ‘s paleontological exhibits? This is the true account of the explorer/ paleontologist Andrews and his successive 1920’s treks throughout the inhospitable Gobi desert. The journeys were not for the faint of heart. A wonderfully enjoyable and informative book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting book
*by W***E on February 27, 2022*

Great book, delivered as described we would order from them again.

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