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Mastodon mystery

Tells the story of the discovery of the first mastodon skeleton in North America uncovered in a farmer's field in New York in 1799.

Mister Peale's mammoth

1977
Enthralled by the new science of natural history, a famous American painter establishes a museum in his home and organizes a scientific expedition to find and dig up a complete mammoth skeleton.

Mastodon mystery

2006
Tells the story of the discovery of the first mastodon skeleton in North America uncovered in a farmer's field in York in 1799.

Mr. Peale's bones

1994
An eleven-year-old boy living in New York State joins the expedition of nineteenth-century artist and scientist Charles Willson Peale to dig for mammoth bones on a nearby farm.

The ingenious Mr. Peale

painter, patriot, and man of science
1996
Narrates the life of the early American portrait painter who established the first public picture gallery in America and who pursued numerous other interests including natural history.

The poison place

a novel
1999
A former slave named Moses reminisces about his famous owner, Charles Willson Peale, and the intrigue surrounding Peale's son's suspicious death.

The joke's on George

2001
Describes a reportedly true incident in which George Washington, visiting the natural history museum of his friend, early American portrait painter Charles Willson Peale, was fooled by a lifelike painting of two of Peale's sons climbing a staircase.

The joke's on George

1993
Briefly surveys the life of the early American portrait painter and describes an incident in which George Washington, visiting his natural history museum, was fooled by a lifelike painting of two of Peale's sons climbing a staircase.

Help for Mr. Peale

1990
With the help of his son Rubens, the famous painter Charles Willson Peale finds a way to transport his natural history treasures to a new museum in Philadelphia's Philosophical Hall.

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