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Summary: Great Field Guide!
Review: A timeless gem! This informative guide from Robin C. Brown will make Florida's past come to life, whether you're an amateur or professional paleontologist. The photos are large, clear and ideal for comparing your finds, and the text is concise and easy to understand. You might need two copies: one for the field and one for your home or office.
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Summary: Best Florida Fossil Guide
Review: A timeless gem! This informative guide from Robin C. Brown will make Florida's past come to life, whether you're an amateur or professional paleontologist. The photos are large, clear and ideal for comparing your finds, and the text is concise and easy to understand. You might need two copies: one for the field and one for your home or office.
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Summary: Buyer Beware!!!
Review: After reading this book, I am compelled to warn other would-be buyers to save their money. This is a book that does not live up to its title and seems to be riddled with factual and syntactical errors. Moreover, when I researched the author, I was intrigued to find out he is not an archaeologist or scholar at all but rather an M.D.(ENT) masquerading as an expert in archaeology. And, to top it off, it appears that the book is published by a press that specializes in travel books and cook books, not in serious subjects like archaeology. For those interested in the archaeology of Florida, I recommend the numerious well-written and well-researched books by the experts at the University of Florida or Florida State. Dr. Brown, the ear, nose and throat specialist, is simply out of his element in this book.
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Summary: A classic book that should be a part of your library
Review: Excellent discussion of Florida's paleo past and photographs of typical Florida fossils make this book an indispensable tool for the Florida fossil enthusiast. I've worn my copy out by going back to it so often!
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Summary: Buyer Rejoice!!!
Review: The reviewer who wrote under the title of "Buyer Beware" is badly informed if he/she thinks that people who study fossils are "archaeologists." In fact, archaeologists study the remains of past people, while paleontologists study fossils.Dr. Robin Brown is indeed a retired medical doctor, but as an accomplished avocational paleontologist, he is one of the most respected experts on Florida's fossils in the state. He works regularly with paleontologists of the Florida Museum of Natural History (Florida's official natural history museum), and he has contributed numerous important fossil specimens to that institution. If you are interested in an authoritative, easy-to-read, and beautifully illustrated guide to Florida's fossils, Robin Brown's book is for you.
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Summary: Buyer Rejoice!!!
Review: The reviewer who wrote under the title of "Buyer Beware" is badly informed if he/she thinks that people who study fossils are "archaeologists." In fact, archaeologists study the remains of past people, while paleontologists study fossils. Dr. Robin Brown is indeed a retired medical doctor, but as an accomplished avocational paleontologist, he is one of the most respected experts on Florida's fossils in the state. He works regularly with paleontologists of the Florida Museum of Natural History (Florida's official natural history museum), and he has contributed numerous important fossil specimens to that institution. If you are interested in an authoritative, easy-to-read, and beautifully illustrated guide to Florida's fossils, Robin Brown's book is for you.
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Summary: Great Field Guide!
Review: This great book sorts out the confusing and often contradictory jumble of fossils one finds when hunting in Florida. It is the only trade book available that does this. PLUS it has a fabulous section of photographs for help in identification. Whatever else he is, the author is a man of science!
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