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    Dragon Teeth

    Written by Michael Crichton

    Narrated by Michael Crichton and Scott Brick

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    From Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, comes a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last!

    If you thought Jurassic Park was an adventure, you should try the Wild West!

    1876. In the lawless territories of the Wild West, two teams of explorers are pitted against one another. Their quarry? Dinosaur bones. But in a land filled with hostile Indian tribes and towns where pistol fights are a daily occurrence, every exploit puts their lives in danger…

    William Johnson, a student with more privilege than sense, finds himself plunged into this deadly environment after making a brash wager. Alongside Edwin Drinker Cope, the famed adventurer, he stumbles upon a momentous discovery – dragon teeth of a fantastic size!

    But to keep this extraordinary treasure safe, William must first confront some of the West’s most dangerous and notorious characters…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 1, 2017
    ISBN9780008173104
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    Dragon Teeth
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    Michael Crichton

    Michael Crichton (1942-2008) was the author of the ground-breaking novels The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear and Next, among many others. Crichton’s books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and provided the basis for thirteen feature films. Also known as a filmmaker and creator of ER, he remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year.

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    • 3/5
      The blurb for this book really tells all there is to know about it. There were a lot of info dumps about Indians, Custer and paleontology. I thought it was just ok.
    • 4/5
      Not sure not my favorite but it's good so far
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this book. It was interesting fictionalized account of real life paleontologists.
    • 5/5
      William Johnson is a spoiled rich kid who makes a bet with a colleague that he would go west during the summer with Prof. Marsh, the bone collector. This is very historic. Good read
    • 4/5
      I went to the library with Areg to find him a page turner and I found one for myself, as well! We got home around 4, had an afternoon tea, and by 9 pm I was done. Whew!This turned out to be much better historical fiction than I was expecting--there's a biographical fiction element, with major secondary characters including real dinosaur bone hunters and outlaws, even though our protagonist, William Johnson, is fictional. Johnson is a lazy, spoiled, Ivy-league rich boy who talks his way into a trip out west to dig for bones only on a bet, not realizing just how paranoid and, well, crazy the renowned Professor Othniel Marsh is. He spends his semester learning photography to maintain his cover, which already does a bit to tame his pride by giving him a task he actually has to work at to excel at--no paying his way through this one. The book description tells you what happens next: Marsh becomes convinced that Johnson is a spy sent by his rival, Edward Cope, and leaves him behind in Wyoming. Who should happen to find him but Cope himself, who offers to take Johnson along on his own bone-hunting expedition. Contrary to Marsh's belief, Cope is not following him to steal his bones--instead, he's striking out into Montana territory on his own, without army protection, right as the Great Sioux War is picking up into full swing. To make matters worse, Marsh has slandered Cope far and wide, so that everywhere he goes he bumps into rumors and accusations that prejudice the people whose help he most needs for a safe expedition.The rest of the story is so action-packed that a full summary would take too much space. (I'm a bit conscious of how long my last two reviews have been, particularly the one for a 120-page book.) Highlights include a successful dig, a tension-packed encounter between Cope and Marsh, meetings both peaceful and plot-propulsively hostile with Crow and Sioux American Indians, a second separation that leaves Johnson in possession of Cope's most significant find of the summer, races and escapes across the Badlands, and a high-tension couple of months in the notorious Deadwood Gulch, where no one can believe that Johnson would be so dead set on protecting boxes of bones--he must be guarding something more valuable. Johnson's new-found photography skills come in useful in maintaining his finances but turn disastrous when he captures an image of a murderer who won't hesitate to kill again in order to destroy the evidence. Fortunately, he has friends as well as enemies among the notorious outlaws: the wily Earp brothers and a young, first-generation Chinese boy are on his side as long as he has money, but those professional relationships yield more loyalty than they are, strictly speaking, worth. Another bone-rattling race out of Deadwood to escape his unintended enemies leads Johnson to what ought to be safety...until a final confrontation with none other than the conniving Professor Marsh.All along the way, Crichton seamlessly integrates real American history, even including some excerpts from books and newspapers of the time, to illuminate just how rapidly the American West was "opening" to "progress", and the tragic and bloody results of that rapid expansion. These asides are concise, rarely taking a whole page and never slowing the plot (for me, at least). He does caution readers in an afterword not to read the book as history, pointing to a few places where he fudged timelines to demonstrate that the book is fiction. Dragon Bones was published almost ten years posthumously, and had he written it today Crichton probably would have been encouraged to be more balanced in describing the devastation wreaked on the American Indian populations. Though he does mention some of the ways that the U.S. government deliberately decimated their way of life, writing a thriller from the perspective of a white boy from the east coast does skew the perspective enough to make me uncomfortable. I'm fortunate in knowing just enough about this time in history to read critically.Honestly, my biggest beef with this book is the T-rex skull on the front and sharp teeth decorating the section breaks in the pages. Johnson and Cope make a significant discovery in the Montana badlands, but T-rex ain't it: the bones they find are from the largest herbivore found up to that point, not a carnivore. Ah well, that's book marketing for you. It's really no big deal to the story, as the bones are carefully packed away in boxes for most of the plot.If you're looking for a fun and informative historical thriller, give Dragon Bones a shot!
    • 4/5
      Wow. At first I was worried that this posthumously published book would fall into the rut as most posthumously published books do. But I loved it. I didn't want it to end so I paced myself, reread chapters, and got lost in the words.
    • 3/5
      This book is everything I have to expect from Michael Crichton. It is historically and scientifically well researched with plenty of historical characters in place to add to its authenticity. But the main character is entirely fictional and Crichton does an escellent job of weaving him into the historical setting that is the Badlands and Deadwood area of 1876 as Sitting Bull rages and Custer dies and the lawlessness of the goldrush rampages. William Johnson begins his journey on an archaelogical expedition as a spoiled rich Yale student and is transformed by the journey. But more than the transformation of young man and a coming of age story, Crichton explores the divide between those who embrace science and those who deny it. Darwinism and evolution are not widely accepted, especially among people of faith, and the idea of fossilized dinosaurs is laughable among most. But it becomes a reality for Johnson, and perhaps as much to his amazement as anyone else's, he actually comes to be concerned for the fossils, for his responsibility, and for the science that drives it all. An interesting and intriguing read.
    • 3/5
      Pretty good. It felt unfinished, which makes sense considering it probably was. I don't usually read Westerns or watch them either. I picked this up thinking it would be another SciFi story. It wasn't bad though. Not at all.
    • 3/5
      As usual, Crichton does a good job infusing fact and fiction. As unusual, this book is rather a stinker. The expected payoff never seems to happen and it's just slow going.We follow William Johnson, a Yale student, as he goes west with a professor to look for fossils in 1876. The professor he's with, Marsh, has an extreme hatred for a rival paleontologist, Cole. After a series of events that find Johnson aligned with Cole, we hear the truth about Marsh. I did enjoy the little bit of history about how dinosaurs were viewed back in the late 19th century based on scientific and religious beliefs. But this book is nowhere near classic Crichton.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this better than I would have thought considering it's a western about hunting for dinosaur bones. It's great storytelling, and full of real life characters and places. There are so many ups and downs for the lead. He starts out a rich college boy and ends up a true survivor of the wild west.
    • 3/5
      Nice piece of fictionalized history. Very enjoyable.
    • 5/5
      Crichton weaves an amusing tale of a young man's coming of age in the middle of several types of conflicts. Set in America's wild west, two are to expected: conflict between the white man and the Indian and the conflict between characters of Western lore including Wyatt Earp. The more unique conflict however is between two rival paleontologists. The protagonist's dedication to scientific preservation of a newly discovered dinosaur drives the second half of the novel. A light read that doesn't overtax the reader makes it a good summer book.
    • 5/5
      LOVED IT. READ THE AFTERWORD!

      Started slowly... but who doesn't love dinosaurs and gunslingers??
    • 4/5
      Dragon Teeth is a typical Crichton story. The pacing is fast in this historical fiction/thriller, and there are several excellent twists to keep the reader engaged. The story is about Johnson, a young Yale student, who on a dare travels west with a professor during the summer break to dig for dinosaur bones. Despite warnings about not going into Sioux territory the professor does just that believing the best bones are to be found there. Johnson should have taken heed and turned around. With the bet on his mind he proceeds on and is not deterred even when the professor, thinking he is a spy for a rival, leaves him stranded at the train station. Ultimately he gets a lot more than he bargained for and will be lucky to return east with his scalp still attached to his head. The only thing I wished for was more character development. Other than that, it is a great comin-of-age story sure to please any Crichton fan.
    • 5/5
      When William Johnson accepted a bet and joined an expedition west in search of dinosaur bones, he knew he was heading to a place very different than his hometown of Philadelphia. But he wasn't expecting to be caught in the middle of the Indian Wars, or in the middle of an escalating feud between warring paleontologists.
    • 5/5
      Michael Crichton is my favourite author, so when I heard a book had been released after his death I had to read it right away. Dragon teeth was enthralling. I loved how the story took the main character on an adventure that took him from being a spoiled young man into a responsible and world wise individual.
    • 3/5
      It is over ten years since Michael Crichton passed away, and this is the third novel of his published posthumously. According to an afterword by his widow, the text of this novel was written in 1974, and presaged his famous interest in dinosaurs through the Jurassic Park franchise. This novel is set during the so called Bone Wars of the 1870s, when bitter rival archaeologists Professors Cope and Marsh competed using unscrupulous tactics to identify, disinter and preserve dinosaur bones found in then remote parts of the USA, in this case the Black Hills of Dakota, sacred to the Sioux Native Americans. The central character is a fictional student William Johnson who during the course of the story works for both professors, is attacked by numerous parties of Native Americans and Western gunslingers, while trying to preserve some of the bones from Cope's expedition, from which he was separated, believed to have been killed in an ambush. This is a decent page turner and a very quick, superficially enjoyable read, but lacked substance for me.
    • 3/5
      This was very short, which was disappointing. Interesting, quick read.
    • 5/5
      Last of Crichton’s books, published nigh on a decade after his passing, Dragon Teeth follows William Johnson as he travels into the American West in the late 1800s. At first he was to accompany Othniel Marsh, but the paranoid paleontologist left Johnson behind, deciding he must be a spy of Marsh’s rival. Unable to return home, Johnson ends up working for that rival, joining Edward Cope’s research team as a photographer. This is a snapshot of one of the most unusual 'wars’ of US history, the 'Bone Wars’ between two legends of paleontology- Othniel Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope.Unlike Jurassic Park, Dragon Teeth focuses on true paleontology, and actual historical events. Written with Crichton's typical flare for adventure, our protagonist journeys from the learning bastions of the East, to the Badlands, in the West. Over the course of the story, Johnson goes from a rich, spoiled schoolboy, to a calm, self-assured mature man. To even keep the gig with Marsh, he must learn the art of photography. Then he gets left behind by Marsh, and rather than reneging on a bet, he signs on with Cope’s expedition. With Cope, there is greater freedom, if more hardship, and it quickly becomes clear that, while he is many things, he's not how Marsh described him. Johnson ends up separated from Cope’s group when he and two others volunteer to go retrieve the second half of the boxed bones being brought back East and get attacked. He is presumed dead and ends up in the town of Deadwood. By the time Johnson returns home, he has quite the tale to tell. I devoured this book in about three hours. Crichton is a favourite author, and Jurassic Park is among my favourite books. I was floored when I first came across Dragon Teeth, before it's release. I thought Pirate Latitudes was the last Crichton book I'd get to read. That it was about paleontology, and true events, was icing on the cake. It may not have had the scientific or moral/ethical questions of his other books, but it did illuminate an unusual and fascinating spot of history. Highly recommended!! ***Reviewed for the Manhattan Book Review and the Seattle Book Review
    • 3/5
      As a Crichton book, this tale was very good, but I think lacking a little probably due to being a 'lost' manuscript found after his death. It feels to me like it was missing some of the polish of his other titles, probably due to this fact. However, despite that I very much enjoyed the story of William "Foggy" Johnson and his rise from timid and pampered eastern Yale College man (boy?), to the rough and hardened man at the end of the story. As usual, Crichton paints a vivid story and creates a wonderful setting with some great characters. He is forced (by history) to take some major liberties with the other characters - especially Cope and Marsh - and these can (mostly) be forgiven in the interest of artistic license and weaving a good story. Sometimes though it felt as if characters from history were tossed into the story merely as window dressing, and not for any benefit of the story itself. But, in terms of character development, and following along on Johnson's adventure out West among the great men of paleontology of the day, this was a thoroughly enjoyable read. If you enjoyed previous Crichton books, you will enjoy Dragon Teeth.
    • 4/5
      Dragon Teeth was written by Michael Crichton in the 1970’s, but it was not discovered until after his 2008 death, and not published until 2017. This historical fiction novel revolves around real events known as the “Battle of the Bones” or “Bone Wars.” Edward Drinker Cope (University of Pennsylvania) and Othniel Charles Marsh (Yale) were two of the earliest paleontologists to make significant discoveries of dinosaur skeletons in the American West. Their rivalry was bitter, and involved espionage, sabotage, and even physical violence. Much of the story takes place in Montana and the Dakotas in 1876, the year and general location of Custer’s Last Stand. The story is narrated by William Johnson, a fictional wealthy Philadelphian Yale student who goes “out west” on a dinosaur fossil hunt to win a bet with a college rival.Johnson gets his share of adventures and then some as he sets out with Marsh; is abandoned because of Marsh’s (unfounded) suspicions; joins up with Cope; and encounters Robert Louis Stevenson (briefly), Wyatt and Morgan Earp, Sitting Bull, and a host of colorful fictional characters. The book captures the feel of the Old West, with its lawlessness, conflicts between the Army and Native Americans, and particularly in its portrayal of Deadwood City. Our hero even somewhat realistically enters into a classic confrontational gun fight with an experienced gun fighter, and (with some expert coaching from Wyatt Earp) manages to survive. The dragon’s teeth of the title refer to the fossils of the first Brontosaurus skeleton ever discovered. Edward Cope recognizes what they are, and is utterly amazed by the imputed size of the animal that had such dentures. He realizes what a find he has made, and is willing to subject his crew (including Johnson) to severe peril to get those teeth back to an Eastern museum. The trek back to civilization costs several lives, but in the process Willie Johnson matures from a spoiled college kid on a lark to an experienced explorer. Evaluation: As is true of Crichton’s other books, this one is a good adventure story that makes for fast, entertaining reading. (JAB)
    • 5/5
      In a Stephen King novel, the protagonist, himself a novelist, explains that it is common for authors to have several books in the vault ready for submission for those times when their muse fails them. In Creighton's case, it would be post-mortem.Dragon's Teeth is a historical novel that his widow suggests influenced Jurassic Park. Unlike the blockbuster story of an implausible scientific breakthrough regenerating dinosaurs in our time; Dragon's Teeth is a well-grounded story based on the rivalry between two famed paleontologists back in the day when the science was just getting off the ground. The most lucrative hunting grounds were in territories controlled by Indians who, prior to the story, gave Custer his comeuppance. The protagonist, a college student posing as a photographer, is an entirely fictional character, caught up as a pawn in the middle of the rivalry. It's an interesting story -- one that not only covers the ever-present danger in the wild west, but also the impact of "The Octopus" (railroads) on the frontiers and the passion the main characters had for their scientific discoveries - discoveries of which they could scarcely grasp the nature of.
    • 4/5
      Starts off slow, almost didn't finish it but got more interesting and ended really well. Glad I stuck it out.
    • 5/5
      Michael Crichton passed in 2008 yet releases a brand new book in 2017, how can this be? Apparently it was written i 1974 and sat unreleased in his archives and was recently unearthed, much like Pirate Latitudes (Micro was also unearthed but needed work by Richard Preston to publish). It definitely reads like the Crichton of old, compelling and immersive. I'm not one who would typically seek out a western type novel such as this however it really is more than just a western - there's plenty of adventure, odd characters, a spellbinding mixture of history and fiction. Set in 1875 it follows the journey of a William Johnson who seemingly lacks direction in life and signs up to go west on a palaeontology expedition as part of a bet. Throughout such he manages to overcome plenty of adversity and find himself coming back home a success with a new outlook on life.Would recommend for anyone who's enjoyed a Crichton book in the past or has an interest in American historical fiction novels.
    • 3/5
      Crichton wrote this decades before his death and decades before the height of his fame. Yet it wasn't published until after his death. I can see why Crichton sat on this one. It isn't up to his usual flawless standards. The narrative doesn't fit his voice and the plot doesn't fit his style. It's slow and plodding and stale. True, it tackles a a seldom discussed point in history and an fascinating period of scientific history, but it lacks Crichton's usual wonder and awe. Probably my least favorite of his works.
    • 5/5
      I haven't picked up a Crichton book in a long time and sort of forgot how enjoyable it is to read him, but this book certainly reminded me. The story, characters, events depicted in Dragon Teeth were so enjoyable I finished reading it into days; I just couldn't put it down.Crichton is probably one of my top three writers. Things I like about Crichton's writing:- His characters are enjoyable and interesting.- He writes as if he is sharing the true event, real people, or facts of science.- He successfully ends each chapter with the last sentence making you beg for more.- His writing style is easy, even when he uses scientific jargon.In Dragon's Teeth, we find an expedition in 1876 going west looking for dinosaur fossil bones in the midst of paleontologists at, at times, jealously, violent odds against each other, Indians uprising, murderers, and god-forsaken small towns.The chapter entitled, "The Second Attack," ended unexpectedly hilarious. Crichton interjects actual historical events and figure into his story that made feel I was reading a biography or historical non-fiction. Had to bop myself in the head to remind me its fiction! Sad that we will no longer be entertained by Crichton's storytelling.
    • 5/5
      This might be my new favorite Crichton book. As a wannabe child paleontologist, I learned a lot about Cope and Marsh and their battle for the bones. The way the are brought to life in this story along with some other classic figures from the American Wild West makes for a very fun read. I wish he would have written more if these historical retellings.
    • 4/5
      A posthumously published novel by Crichton. It tells the fictionalized story of the rivalry between real life paleontologists; Cope and Marsh and their search for dinosaurs ni the Bad Lands of the American West of 1876. It is told thru the eyes of a fictional Yale student; William Johnson, as he is pulled between the two professors. On his journey, of finding and protecting these new things called dinosaurs, he encounters savage indians, rampaging thieves, Wyatt Earp and is witness to the discovery of the first Brontosaurus (or more properly, the Apatosaurus).This is more of a wild west adventure story the the science-rich speculative story I would have expected from Crichton. But it works and it is a worthwhile read. More so when I learned in the Afterword that basic gist of the story was true.7/10S: 9/24/17 - 10/7/17 (15 Days)
    • 4/5
      Michael Crichton's Dragon Teeth: A Novel traces the fictional adventure of William Johnson, a spoiled student at Yale who, in 1876, goes west with Professor Othniel Charles Marsh to dig up dinosaur bones following a bet with a fellow student. Along the way, Marsh believes Johnson an agent of his rival, Professor Edward Drinker Cope, a fellow paleontologist. The story focuses on the then-burgeoning field of paleontology and the men who shaped it, as well as the Indian Wars and the culture of Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Crichton's well-researched novel firmly grounds his reader in the time and places he describes while the fast-pace allows for a "grand tour" of the West and plenty of character growth for his main character. While Johnson did not exist, many of the figures with whom he interacts did and, in fact, Crichton actually toned down some of their mannerisms and rivalries (especially that of Marsh and Cope) as he feared it would seem too outrageous for his readers. Crichton researched and wrote this prior to working on Jurassic Park, but, beyond an interest in paleontology, fans of the more famous novel should not look to this as a forerunner to that story. In both, Crichton's research and meticulous attention to detail allow him to insert his story into the existing science or history, but that is the only connection. With that said, Dragon Teeth is an excellent introduction to Crichton for new readers and an enjoyable read for long-time fans.
    • 3/5
      Michael Crichton’s “Dragon Teeth” has the look and sound of a manuscript found in the bottom drawer of his desk after he passed and published for no other reason than it would have a readymade audience, which it did – including me. It seems obvious that this was Crichton’s first attempt at what eventually became “Jurassic Park,” and it is easy and interesting to see the kernels of plot and potential lying about the Black Hills of South Dakota as this less than satisfying and incomplete story unfolded. It seemed too that “Dragon Teeth” may have been incomplete when found, a mere sketch that was completed by someone else in that there are but flares of Crichton amidst a bramble of amateurish dialogue, transitions and conclusions. The Crichton we’ve all come to know would never have written, “And that was how, on August 31, 1876, William Johnson, nearly fainting from hunger, thirst, exhaustion and blood loss, rode with a wagonload of bones….” All that was missing here was “into the sunset singing “Happy Trails,” or something. It just wasn’t Crichton, or if it was, he rejected it for good reason and came back to write “Jurassic Park.” It’s clear that some of the writing is alien to what we’ve come to know and love in Crichton’s style and insight. Still, like “Pirate Latitudes,” it’s an invaluable addition for any Crichton fan. Not a bad book per se, but not what we’d expect from a master. Two and a half stars for “ Dragon Teeth,” that and a honored place alongside all his other books on my shelf. God do I miss his craft and intellect