Remarkable creatures / Tracy Chevalier
| Author(s): | Chevalier, Tracy |
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| Subjects: | Women paleontologists--England--Fiction Female friendship--Fiction Fossils--Collection and preservation--Fiction Discoveries in science--History--19th century--Fiction Anning, Mary, 1799-1847--Fiction Philpot, Elizabeth, 1780-1857--Fiction |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | New York : Dutton, c2010 |
| LC Classification: | P, PS |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2009047614 ISBN: 9780525951452 ISBN: 0525951458 Includes bibliographical references Summary: When Mary Anning uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her home on the English coast, she sets the religious fathers on edge, the townspeople to vicious gossip, and the scientific world alight. Luckily, Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot, and in the struggle to be recognized in the wider world, Mary and Elizabeth discover that friendship is their greatest ally |
| Physical Description: | 312 p. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 469915932 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9780525951452 0525951458 |