elstaffe’s Reviews > Barnum Brown > Status Update

"He was sex, dinosaurs, and science all wrapped around an enigmatic private life, and we have just begun brushing the loose sediment off the surface to reveal what lies buried beneath." (302) honestly what a way to end a book

"Barnum has been my friend for well nigh forty years....I have known him to disappear from the museum, just fading out like the Vanishing American, and none of the staff knew where he had gone" (302) what is the Vanishing American? *looks it up* oh dear

"... so the landing plane was met by armed guards who said that all the passengers would be jailed and the plane impounded. However, since the jail arrangements had to be made, the passengers would be allowed to disembark and go enjoy the Mayan ruins." (289) ah yes, just like all people awaiting trial get to go sightsee and tour Mayan ruins

"they joined a sightseeing planeload headed for Copan in British Honduras whose Mayan ruins were spectacular. Unfortunately, a lively revolution was going on in that country" (289)

"Not surprisingly, Brown still held several tricks up his sleeve—as well as under other parts of his wardrobe—as some of Hitler's minions would soon learn." (284) what

"While Brown was in the air, Kaisen had written him saying that his leg was 'still on the bum;'" (260) I now want to only use this phrase to describe recovering from an injury

"Brown had become a celebrity of sorts, and wherever he went, hoards of loyal fans, who dubbed him 'Mr. Bones,' would wait for his train to arrive" (256) hoards? really, AMNH?

"Its supporting cast included Triceratops and a 280-million-year-old fin-backed early relative
of mammals called Dimetrodon." (250) I had no idea Dimetrodon was a precursor to mammals until this moment

"Its supporting cast included Triceratops and a 280-million-year-old fin-backed early relative
of mammals called Dimetrodon." (250) I had no idea Dimetrodon was a precursor to mammals until this moment

"His annual report for 1925 indicates that, thanks to an enlarged preparation staff, considerable progress had been made in preparing, cataloguing, and photographing the torrent of specimens arriving from Samos, India, Central Asia, and Snake Creek. Regarding the latter collection, therein lies a tale." (227) ok Garraty