InthedustoftheGildedAgeBoneWars,twovastlydifferentmenemergewithamissiontofilltheemptyhallsofNewYork’sstrugglingAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory:HenryFairfieldOsborn,aprivilegedsocialitewhosereputationrestsonthemuseum’ssuccess,andintrepidKansas-bornfossilhunterBarnumBrown.WhenBrownunearthsthefirstTyrannosaurusRexfossilsintheMontanawilderness,foreverchangingtheworldofpaleontology,Osbornseesapathtosavehismuseumfromirrelevancy.Withfour-foot-longjawscapableofcrushingthebonesofitspreyandhipsthatpoweredtheanimaltorunatspeedsof25milesperhour,theT.Rexsuggestsaprehistoricecosystemmorecomplexthananyoneimagined.Asthepublicturnsoutindrovestocowerbeforethisbone-chillinggiantofthepastandwonderatthemysteriesofitsdisappearance,BrownandOsborntogetherturndinosaursfromabiologicaloddityintoabelovedpartofculture.Vividandengaging,TheMonster’sBonesjourneysfromprehistorytopresentday,fromremotePatagoniatotheunforgivingbadlandsoftheAmericanWesttothepenthousesofManhattan.Withawide-rangingcastofrobberbarons,eugenicists,andopportunisticcowboys,NewYorkTimesbest-sellingauthorDavidK.Randallrevealshowamonsterofabygoneeraignitedanewunderstandingofourplanetandourplacewithinit.
