{"product_id":"tyrannosaurus-sue-the-extraordinary-saga-of-largest-most-fought-over-t-rex-ever-found-9780716794622","title":"Tyrannosaurus Sue: The Extraordinary Saga of Largest, Most Fought Over T. Rex Ever Found","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver 65 million years ago in what is now South Dakota, a battle-scarred Tyrannosaurus rex matriarch--perhaps mortally wounded in a ferocious fight--fell into the riverbed and died. In 1990 her skeleton was found, virtually complete, in what many have called the most spectacular dinosaur fossil discovery to date. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd then another battle began - a \"survival of the fittest\" free-for-all involving commercial dinosaur hunters, gun-toting law officers, an ambitious federal prosecutor, a Native American tribe, jealous academics, an enterprising auction house, major museums, and corporate giants, all making their claim for the dinosaur named Sue. Before it was over, there would be claims and counterclaims; charges of checkbook-polluted science, criminal larceny, and vengeful prosecutions; and devastating prison terms. And the gavel would come down on the largest-ever ($8.36 million) auction price tag for a fossil, paid by Chicago's Field Museum, with help from Disney and McDonald's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCapturing the whole range of characters and issues embroiled in the fight for Sue, author Steve Fiffer communicates both the excitement over Sue's discovery and the motivations, maneuverings, and absurdities of the various forces attempting to control her destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve Fiffer\u003c\/b\u003e is a lawyer, journalist, and author. With his wife, Sharon, he has co-edited three anthologies of original essays by contemporary writers--\u003ci\u003eHome, Family, and Body\u003c\/i\u003e (McKay, David). Fiffer is the author of \u003ci\u003eThree Quarters, Two Dimes and a Nickel: A Memoir of Becoming Whole\u003c\/i\u003e (Free Press, 1999). He is co-author, with celebrated civil rights attorney Morris Dees, of A Season for Justice (Scribners) and \u003ci\u003eHate Trial\u003c\/i\u003e (Villard)--a 1993 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year. His personal essays and features have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune Sunday Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eMidwesterner\u003c\/i\u003e. He and his wife live with their three children in Evanston, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"W. H. Freeman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460768993554,"sku":"9780716794622","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_13a37996-eae3-4e29-b455-7bdfa74543dc.jpg?v=1730048745","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tyrannosaurus-sue-the-extraordinary-saga-of-largest-most-fought-over-t-rex-ever-found-9780716794622","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}