Tyrannosaurus Sue
The Extraordinary Saga of the Largest, Most Fought Over T-Rex Ever Found

A specimen of surpassing beauty, Sue can stun into silence even the most jaded and cynical senior scientist. The story has heartbreaking twists and turns, betrayals and palace intrigues, terrible moments of justice gone wrong when the best intentions were rewarded by calumny and imprisonment. Then......more

Discovered by Sue Hendrickson and Peter Larson (president of the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research) in the wastelands of South Dakota, the largest T-Rex had survived millions of years, Sue’s last meal was some kind of platypus. She was also the subject of multiple lawsuits and a Sotherby’......more

I have a hard time explaining my reaction to this book. I was very aware of the battle over Sue, because I was living in the Black Hills at the time, and now that I'm in Chicago I make a point of stopping to see her every time I'm at the Field. It's so strange to read about all these people and plac......more

This story has everything about how this t-rex was found, lost, saved and those that work so hard to uncover the past to inform us.......more

If you want a reason to be angry, this book will give you one. It chronicles the saga of the most fought over skeleton of T Rex ever found. In the hills of South Dakota, a small private institute spent resources and time of its founders and owners searching for fossils. Their primary aim was educati......more