CONTENTS

1. Dedication
3. Part I: The Tooth
   1. 1. The Elasmosaurus
   2. 2. The Crate
   3. 3. The Expedition
   4. 4. Aboard the Union Pacific
   5. 5. Keeping Your Enemies Close
   6. 6. Let Me Kiss You Sweet Good-Bye
   7. 7. Crowe
   8. 8. Ned Plaskett
4. Part II: The Badlands
   1. 9. Burial Objects
   2. 10. Bone
   3. 11. At Work in the Ruins of the World
   4. 12. Pterodactylus
   5. 13. The Barnum Man
   6. 14. Wordplay
   7. 15. The Naming of Species
   8. 16. Prospecting
   9. 17. Brontosaurus
   10. 18. The Thief
   11. 19. A Proposal
   12. 20. The Blaze
   13. 21. At the Pioneer
   14. 22. A Wedding Night
5. Part III: The Black Beauty
   1. 23. The Honeymoon
   2. 24. Always Something Missing
   3. 25. A Fatherly Visit
   4. 26. The Sioux
   5. 27. Youthful Passions
   6. 28. Rattler
   7. 29. What’s Left Behind
6. Acknowledgments
7. About the Author
8. Also by Kenneth Oppel
9. Credits
10. Copyright
11. About the Publisher