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Remarkable creatures / Tracy Chevalier.

Chevalier, Tracy. (Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0525951458
  • ISBN: 9780525951452
  • ISBN: 9780452296725
  • Physical Description: 312 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Dutton, 2010.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographic references.
Subject: Anning, Mary, 1799-1847 > Fiction.
Philpot, Elizabeth, 1780-1857 > Fiction.
Discoveries in science > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Fossils > Collection and preservation > Fiction.
Women paleontologists > England > Fiction.
Women's friendships.
Genre: Biographical fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries.

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