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Chevalier, Tracy.
Remarkable creatures /
Tracy Chevalier.
New York :
Plume,
[2010]
©2009.
312 p. ;
21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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Anning, Mary
1799-1847
Fiction.
Philpot, Elizabeth
1780-1857
Fiction.
Women paleontologists
England
Fiction.
Female friendship
Fiction.
Fossils
Collection and preservation
Fiction.
Discoveries in science
History
19th century
Fiction.
Biographical fiction.