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Dragon teeth is a novel by michael crichton, the eighteenth under his own name and third to be published after his death, written in 1974 and published on may. This novel still maintains another aspect of writing critchon is known for. A pageturner that draws on both meticulously researched history and an exuberant imagination, dragon teeth is based on the rivalry between reallife paleontologists cope and marsh. Novel by michael crichton, written in 1974 and published posthumously on may 23, 2017.
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