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LAND OF THE LOST MAMMOTHS: A SCIENCE ADVENTURE
(SIMPSON, WILLIAM). Davis, Mike. Viggo Mortenson & Pilar Perez, Editors. Santa Monica, CA. 2003 (2004).: Perceval Press. First Edition (Second Printing). 8vo. Illustrated Boards. Illustrated Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 178pp, illustrated in b&w. Designed by Michele Perez. MacArthur fellow Mike Davis is the author of several books including "City of Quartz", "Dead Cities: And Other Tales", and "Ecology of Fear". In this, his first book of fiction intended for young adults (published by Viggo Mortensen in 2003) "four teenage scientists win a United Nations scholarship to spend the summer working with Professor Dansgaard at his celebrated Artic wildlife research station in East Greenland. The young scientists think they will be counting reindeer, but instead become the heroes of an outstanding adventure. It all begins with some mysterious old bones in Dansgaard's lab and an expedition to the Valley of the Runes. Before it is over the kids have had to battle screaming ice, a band of marooned Vikings, a sorcerer named Halldor, an Arctic hurricane, and a collapsing ice cave. Aside from discovering a lost world, the young heroes also learn the deep meaning of friendship and non-violence". It is illustrated throughout by William Simpson. A brand new, most handsome example of the 2004 second printing. 0-9747078-0-5 Inventory Number: 022567