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New Title - September 2018 TO ORDER: Call Toll-Free: (800) 888-4741 All Other Inquiries: (312) 337-0747 Fax: (312) 337-5985 E-mail: [email protected] Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway Map, 2nd edition The Ultimate Prehistoric Road Map to the Best of the American West By Kirk Johnson Illustrated by Ray Troll A companion map for Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway, which follows the zany travels of a paleontologist and an artist as they drive across the American West in search of fossils. Kirk Johnson is the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. He received his PhD in geology and paleobotany from Yale University in 1989, and did postdoctoral research in the rainforests of northern Australia before joining the Denver Museum of Natural History in 1991, where he directed the installation of the museum’s Prehistoric Journey exhibit. Johnson also hosts the three-part NOVA series Making North America, airing on PBS networks in November 2015. Johnson is the author of many books, including Ancient Denvers, Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway, and Prehistoric Journey. His research focuses on fossil plants, the environmental effects of the dinosaur- smiting asteroid, and the birth and death of biomes. Johnson lives in Washington, DC. Ray Troll is an artist who has illustrated ten books, including Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway, Sharkabet, Rapture of the Deep, and Planet Ocean. He and his wife, Michelle, own and operate the Soho Coho Gallery in Ketchikan, Alaska. Competitive Titles: • National Geographic: Dinosaurs of North America Wall Map | 9780792249764 | $14.95 | National Geographic | January 2010 • Dinosaur Destinations: Finding America’s Best Dinosaur Dig Sites, Museums and Exhibits | 9781591935179 | $14.95 | Adventure Publications | January 2016 • 101 American Fossil Sites You’ve Gotta See | 9780878426812 | $26.00 | Mountain Press Publishing | January 2018 Travel 1 page, 5.5 x 9.75 Maps/Folded, $19.95 (CAD $26.95) ISBN: 9781682751558 September 2018 Rights: US & CA Fulcrum Publishing Chesapeake & Hudson, Inc. Drop-In # 62 10/22/18 For orders call: 800.231.4469 Email: [email protected] Fax: 800.307.5163 Chesapeake & Hudson, Inc. 115 West Potomac Street Brunswick, MD 21716

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New Title - September 2018

TO ORDER:Call Toll-Free: (800) 888-4741All Other Inquiries: (312) 337-0747Fax: (312) 337-5985E-mail: [email protected]

Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway Map, 2nd

editionThe Ultimate Prehistoric Road Map to

the Best of the American WestBy Kirk Johnson

Illustrated by Ray Troll

A companion map for Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway, which follows the zany travels of a paleontologist and an artist as they drive across the American West in search of fossils.

Kirk Johnson is the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. He received his PhD in geology and paleobotany from Yale University in 1989, and did postdoctoral research in the rainforests of northern Australia before joining the Denver Museum of Natural History in 1991, where he directed the installation of the museum’s Prehistoric Journey exhibit. Johnson also hosts the three-part NOVA series Making North America, airing on PBS networks in November 2015. Johnson is the author of many books, including Ancient Denvers, Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway, and Prehistoric Journey. His research focuses on fossil plants, the environmental effects of the dinosaur-smiting asteroid, and the birth and death of biomes. Johnson lives in Washington, DC.

Ray Troll is an artist who has illustrated ten books, including Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway, Sharkabet, Rapture of the Deep, and Planet Ocean. He and his wife, Michelle, own and operate the Soho Coho Gallery in Ketchikan, Alaska.

Competitive Titles:• National Geographic: Dinosaurs of North America Wall Map | 9780792249764 | $14.95 | National Geographic | January 2010• Dinosaur Destinations: Finding America’s Best Dinosaur Dig Sites, Museums and Exhibits | 9781591935179 | $14.95 | Adventure Publications | January 2016• 101 American Fossil Sites You’ve Gotta See | 9780878426812 | $26.00 | Mountain Press Publishing | January 2018

Travel1 page, 5.5 x 9.75Maps/Folded, $19.95 (CAD $26.95)ISBN: 9781682751558September 2018Rights: US & CAFulcrum Publishing

Chesapeake & Hudson, Inc. Drop-In # 62 10/22/18

For orders call: 800.231.4469Email: [email protected]: 800.307.5163

Chesapeake & Hudson, Inc. 115 West Potomac Street Brunswick, MD 21716