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Book excerpt: "The Last Animal" by Ramona Ausubel
The award-winning author of "Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty" returns with a buoyant take on "Jurassic Park," about the surprising discovery of a perfectly preserved, 4,000-year-old baby mammoth.