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BL
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| Record Number
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586271
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| Doc. No
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b415490
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| Main Entry
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Shinn, Eugene A.
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| Title & Author
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Bootstrap geologist : : my life in science /\ Gene Shinn.
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| Publication Statement
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Gainesville :: University Press of Florida,, c2013.
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| Page. NO
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xii, 297 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780813044361 (alk. paper)
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: 0813044367 (alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Preface: A modern horror story -- Beginnings and early years -- The Shell years -- The Netherlands and the Persian Gulf -- Return to Stateside Shell -- The U.S. Geological Survey -- St. Petersburg and a new beginning -- Epilogue.
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| Abstract
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A memoir by Eugene Shinn of his life in geological field science.
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| Subject
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Shinn, Eugene A.
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Geologists-- United States, Biography.
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Geology-- United States-- History.
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| Dewey Classification
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551.092B
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| LC Classification
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QE22.S556A3 2013
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