The author recounts a lifetime of fossil-hunting fieldwork across western fossil provinces, describing seasonal expeditions, camps, and the practical skills needed to locate, excavate, and transport large fossil-bearing slabs. He narrates work in chalk beds, badlands, river basins, and desert formations, records notable discoveries of dinosaurs, marine reptiles, fossil plants, and Ice Age mammals, and explains quarrying, preparation, and shipment techniques. Interwoven are accounts of scientific collaboration and correspondence with museums and researchers, plus personal reflections on the hardships, rewards, and enduring fascination of recovering ancient life.