A Book on T. Rex That Doesn’t Live Up to the Legend

Mark Witton’s ‘King Tyrant’ provides few answers, great graphics and illustrations, and accomplishes the difficult task of making T. rex pretty boring.
A Book on T. Rex That Doesn’t Live Up to the Legend
Mark P. Witton's latest on the "king of the dinsoaurs" leaves much to be desired.
Dustin Bass
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Tyrannosaurus rex is the dinosaur we all pretended to be as kids. If we had to be a dinosaur living tens of millions of years ago, T. rex was the one.

Ever since its fossil discovery at the start of the 20th century, the theropod of theropods has fascinated even those who know nothing more about dinosaurs than what they have learned from the “Jurassic Park” series. When it comes to comparing the Steven Spielberg movies (or Michael Crichton books) and Mark Witton’s new book on the famous dinosaur entitled “King Tyrant: A Natural History of Tyrannosaurus rex,” there really is no comparison.

Dustin Bass
Dustin Bass
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Dustin Bass is the creator and host of the American Tales podcast, and co-founder of The Sons of History. He writes two weekly series for The Epoch Times: Profiles in History and This Week in History. He is also an author.