Dinosaur memories are hard to forget! Most who revel in the current renaissance in dinosaur science, art, fiction and movies, or who enjoy the other appealing prehistoric animals so well popularized by the media have fond recollections of what it was like growing up dinosaur. Together with wife Diane and his father Allen G. Debus, Allen A. Debus unveils treasured dinosaur memories and stories about prehistoric animals and paleo-people, spanning from the cold-blooded dinosaur era, to the modern wave dinosaur renaissance. Beginning with fondly recalled roadtrips to prehistoric places where T. rex still reigns, Dinosaur Memories ventures into the realm of thunder beasts and explores the rich pop-cultural appeal of prehistoric animals. If youve ever collected dinosaurs, enjoyed fossil hunting or visits to see the old bones in museums, Dinosaur Memories is a book youll still recall years from now! Thirty-five chapters are grouped into seven sections titled, Roads Into Prehistory, Thunder Beasts, Dinosaur Worlds, Fantasy Dinosaurs, Fossil Trickery, Paleo-people, and Rustlin up Dinos.
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Dinosaur groupies, Allen A. Debus and Diane Debus have published two prior books—Paleoimagery: The Evolution of Dinosaurs in Art, and (with Bob Morales) Dinosaur Sculpting: A Complete Beginners’Guide, and numerous articles reflecting Paleontology’s popular side. Dr. Allen G. Debus is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Chicago.
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Allen has since published numerous articles for Prehistoric Times, Scary Monsters, G-Fan, Science Fiction Studies, Fossil News, Dino Press, Filmfax Plus, Mad Scientist, etc., and three additional books published by Mc Farland & Company, Inc., Publishers – Dinosaurs in Fantastic Fiction: A Thematic Survey (2006), Prehistoric Monsters: The Real and Imagined Creatures of the Past that We love to Fear (2010); and, Dinosaur Sculpting: A Complete Guide, 2nd ed. (2013).