Preface: Curators of Natural History and Human Culture
1 Moving toward the Life of a Curator
2 Beginning a Curatorial Career
3 Staking Out a Field Site in Wyoming
4 Mexico and the Hotel NSF
5 Radioactive Rayfins, the Fish Rodeo, and Developing a Global Research Program
6 A Dino Named SUE
7 Adventures of My Curatorial Colleagues from the Field
8 The Spirit of K-P Schmidt and the Hazards of Herpetology
9 Executive Management
10 Exhibition and the Hall of Gems
11 Grave Concerns
12 Hunting—and Conserving—Lions
13 Saving the Planet’s Ecosystems
14 Where Do We Go from Here?
Acknowledgments
Notes, Added Commentary, References, and Figure Credits
Index