Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway

An Epoch Tale of a Scientist and an Artist on the Ultimate 5,000-Mile Paleo Road Trip: 2nd Edition

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Paperback, 208 pages

English language

Published June 25, 2024 by Chicago Review Press.

ISBN:
978-1-64160-915-9
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OCLC Number:
1406095170
ASIN:
164160915X
Goodreads:
199597457

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5 stars (1 review)

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.

2 editions

reviewed Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway by Kirk Johnson

Fascinating descriptions & art of western US fossil sites

5 stars

Paleobotanist Kirk Johnson and artists Ray Troll take an epic road trip through fossil beds & museums of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah and New Mexico, describing & drawing the flora, fauna & geology of the lands that were buried under the Great Plains and then uplifted back into surface proximity by the Rocky Mountains. Troll's artwork steals the show. If you've seen his shirts you now the distinctive style. Sadly, either I got a bit inured or the book just tails off a bit toward the end, where it feels more like a mad dash to get back to Denver on time than the more thoughtful gee-whiz exploration that it starts off as. This is the recently published second edition, and a lot of the narrative has been updated to reflect happenings since the original publication in 2007.

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  • Dinosaurs

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