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Remarkable creatures / Tracy Chevalier.
Van Pelt Library PS3553.H4367 R46 2010b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chevalier, Tracy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anning, Mary, 1799-1847--Fiction.
- Anning, Mary.
- Philpot, Elizabeth, 1780-1857--Fiction.
- Philpot, Elizabeth.
- Philpot, Elizabeth, 1780-1857.
- Anning, Mary, 1799-1847.
- Women paleontologists--England--Fiction.
- Women paleontologists.
- Female friendship--Fiction.
- Female friendship.
- Discoveries in science.
- History.
- Fossils--Collection and preservation.
- England.
- Fossils--Collection and preservation--Fiction.
- Fossils.
- Discoveries in science--History--19th century--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Biographical fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 312 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dutton, [2010]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780525951452
- 0525951458
- OCLC:
- 469915932
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