Davis, Walt, 1942-
Building an ark for Texas the evolution of a natural history museum / [electronic resource] : Walt Davis. - First edition. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2016] - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series ; number fifty-four . - W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series ; no. 54. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Misadventure underground -- War of extermination: A war of extermination -- The woodsman and the judge -- Building the ark: The man from Denver -- Centennial celebration -- Art and science merge -- Masters of illusion -- The man from Dallas -- The bird man and the hunter -- In pursuit of the Holy Grail -- The man from Virginia -- Paleontology takes center stage -- Upstairs, downstairs, good news, and bad -- Becoming the Perot: Duel on the Nile -- A pharaoh comes to town -- The man from New York -- The woman from Dallas -- Becoming the Perot -- Opening day.
9781623494438 1623494435
Perot Museum of Nature and Science--Biography.
Perot Museum of Nature and Science--History.
Science museums--Texas--Dallas.
Natural history--Study and teaching--Texas.
Electronic books.
Q105.U62 / .D38 2016
507.4764/2812
Building an ark for Texas the evolution of a natural history museum / [electronic resource] : Walt Davis. - First edition. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2016] - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series ; number fifty-four . - W.L. Moody Jr. natural history series ; no. 54. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Misadventure underground -- War of extermination: A war of extermination -- The woodsman and the judge -- Building the ark: The man from Denver -- Centennial celebration -- Art and science merge -- Masters of illusion -- The man from Dallas -- The bird man and the hunter -- In pursuit of the Holy Grail -- The man from Virginia -- Paleontology takes center stage -- Upstairs, downstairs, good news, and bad -- Becoming the Perot: Duel on the Nile -- A pharaoh comes to town -- The man from New York -- The woman from Dallas -- Becoming the Perot -- Opening day.
9781623494438 1623494435
Perot Museum of Nature and Science--Biography.
Perot Museum of Nature and Science--History.
Science museums--Texas--Dallas.
Natural history--Study and teaching--Texas.
Electronic books.
Q105.U62 / .D38 2016
507.4764/2812