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Obituary: The Earl of Dalhousie
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IN THE history of the break-up of the British Empire, Simon
Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie, will go down as a decent, intelligent
man who was given an impossible job. He was asked, in effect, to
ride two horses pulling in exactly opposite directions: the demand
for independence from the local peoples of south-central Africa, and
the determination of the white minority to retain power.
In 1957, the new prime minister, Harold Macmillan, offered him the
post of Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland,
which had been created four years earlier by the Colonial Office ...
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The mysterious expulsion of the Roy Chapman Andrews expedition.
Magazine article from: Focus
; ...original Indiana Jones," Roy Chapman Andrews was the first to find dinosaur...the 1920s. Eventually, a Roy Chapman Andrews Society was formed among intellectuals...Mongolian member of the Society. ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS: BEGINNINGS The Mongolian...
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Dragon Hunter: Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals
; Dragon Hunter: Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions by Charles Gallenkamp...dinosaurs began at about age seven, when I first read Roy Chapman Andrews's All about Dinosaurs. I reread it half a dozen...
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Continuing the story of Roy Chapman Andrews
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts
; ...second of a four-part series about Roy Chapman Andrews and his search for fossils in the Gobi...toothless dinosaur skeleton, which Andrews theorized had been feasting on the eggs...Fascinating Earth."Continuing the story of Roy Chapman Andrews
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Roy Chapman Andrews, the real Indiana Jones
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts
; ...washed away, but the massive leg bones remained. To be continued next week. Redlands residents Phil and Nancy Seff are authors of the books "Petrified Lightning" and "Our Fascinating Earth."Roy Chapman Andrews, the real Indiana Jones
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Albert Marrin Secrets from the Rocks: Dinosaur Hunting with Roy Chapman Andrews.(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine
; ...Middle School) In a book that could well carry the title Roy Chapman Andrews and the Raiders of the Gobi Desert, Marrin gives young...five full-fledged expeditions from 1922 to 1930), Andrews survives violent sandstorms, attacks by wild dogs...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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LIFE AND TIMES OF A REAL INDIANA JONES WISCONSIN ARCHEOLOGIST IS BELIEVED TO BE INSPIRATION FOR MOVIE HERO.(DAYBREAK)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
; ...Indiana Jones, that is. He is Roy Chapman Andrews, archaeologist, globe-trotting...presentation, "The Lucky Star of Roy Chapman Andrews," will be offered by the...founders of the Beloit-based Roy Chapman Andrews Society. Her book, "Dragon...
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The great boneyard of the Gobi. (Gobi Desert produces a wealth of dinosaur fossils)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Newsweek
; ...dispatched the great fossil hunter and adventurer Roy Chapman Andrews, in a caravan of five cars, two trucks and 75 camels...25 carnivore skeletons. Flaming Cliffs The site of Roy Andrews's expeditions in the 1920s. Here, researchers...
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FOSSIL HUNTER TO BE HONORED.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
; ...the seventh recipient of the Roy Chapman Andrews Society Distinguished Explorer...students, according to the Roy Chapman Andrews Society. "I see paleontology...members and friends of the Roy Chapman Andrews Society. In 1999, Sereno...
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BOOK REVIEW: Adventure expeditions excite readers
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...characters and you have the true story of Roy Chapman Andrews, considered one of the last great...mercenaries and spies (one of whom was Andrews). Dragon Hunter does not provide...enjoy the real-life adventures of Roy Chapman Andrews.
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Desert daredevil
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...than in the films. This man is Roy Chapman Andrews. Adventurer, scientist, buckler...history and travel. Born in 1884, Roy seemed to have an eternal restlessness...wildlife. Gallenkamp writes that an Andrews friend once declared that by the...
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