John Lennon
Richard Wootton
Presents the life of John Lennon, from his early years through the rise of the Beatles and their formation of Apple Records to his final days in New York after the group broke up.
Read Time: ~0.4 hr
The first dinosaur eggs and Roy Chapman Andrews
by Brooke Hartzog (1999)
About this book
Describes the expeditions led by Roy Andrews for New York's American Museum of Natural History to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia in an effort to uncover dinosaur fossils.
Setting / LocationNew York City
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe first dinosaur eggs and Roy Chapman Andrews Lead Character
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