The spectacularly successful movie "A Night at the Museum" was a fantastic look at the off-hours wonders of the American Museum of Natural History. With a sequel scheduled for May 2009, it is obvious that there will be a great deal of interest in museums and what goes on behind the scenes. Some of the real stories are even more fantastic than anything a screenwriter could dream up. "Haunting Museums" covers these overlooked bits of history, including curses, mistaken dinosaurs, conspiracy plots of the Founding Fathers, ...
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The spectacularly successful movie "A Night at the Museum" was a fantastic look at the off-hours wonders of the American Museum of Natural History. With a sequel scheduled for May 2009, it is obvious that there will be a great deal of interest in museums and what goes on behind the scenes. Some of the real stories are even more fantastic than anything a screenwriter could dream up. "Haunting Museums" covers these overlooked bits of history, including curses, mistaken dinosaurs, conspiracy plots of the Founding Fathers, spectral evidence of the afterlife, and other unsettling matters: "The Carnegie Sauropods", or "Bring Me the Head of Apatosaurus Louisae" - the story of a dinosaur on display for close to half a century with the wrong head; "What's on that Broad Stripe with Those Bright Stars?" - the quizzical mark on the flag that is known as the Star Spangled Banner; the 1897 Living Eskimo Exhibit - in which living people were put on display and turned over to the taxidermist for 'preservation' after they died; "Man-Eaters at the Museum: the Lions that Stopped a Railroad" - the story of the maneless lions made legendary by the movie "The Ghost in the Darkness". So Where is Amelia Earhart? - the exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum of the most famous missing aviatrix of all time.
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Used Good. Front and back covers have very light edge and corner wear. Spine intact with no creasing or warping. Binding is tight and intact, pages clean and unmarked. Remainder mark across the barcode or bottom edge. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
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Fine. 0765322927 272pp The strange and uncanny stories behind the most mysterious exhitits Faint crease at upper outside corner of front cover, otherwise book is AS NEW.
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This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear.
