Come out to the Sternberg Museum of Natural History on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 1:30 p.m. to meet Chuck Warner. He will be discussing his new book “Birds, Bones, and Beetles: The Improbable Career and Remarkable Legacy of University of Kansas Naturalist Charles D. Bunker.”

The book spans the life and accomplishments of an early pioneer and naturalist at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum, who had important ties to the fossil fields of western Kansas.

Following Bunker’s field notes and university and community records, Chuck Warner wrote “Birds, Bones, and Beetles” about the extraordinary life of his grandfather, Charles Bunker. Bunker’s long career at the KU Natural History Museum began in 1895 as a lowly taxidermist.

Despite being naturally shy and possessing only an 8th-grade education, he went on to serve as the curator of the collections of birds and mammals for 35 years. His contributions include extensive work on the original installation of Panorama at the museum, developing a process to utilize beetles to efficiently clean skeleton for the museum collection, and training generations of students who went on to highly successful careers at prestigious institutions across the country.

This book was published by the University Press of Kansas in May of 2019 and has already received a recommendation from the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. This review will be published in the November 2019 CHOICE Connect and will recommend the book as “a valuable resource for those interested in the history of science.”

For more information, visit http://sternberg.fhsu.edu.

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