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Remarkable creatures [text (large print)] / Tracy Chevalier.

Chevalier, Tracy. (Author).

Summary:

On the windswept fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast Mary Anning learns that she has "the eye" - she finds what no one else can see. When Mary uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton she sets the religious fathers on edge the townspeople to vicious gossip and the scientific world alight. But as a woman Mary is barred from the academic community. Luckily she finds a champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot a recent exile from London.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781410422880 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1410422887 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: 471 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: Large print ed.
  • Publisher: [Waterville, Me.] : Thorndike Press, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Thorndike Press large print basic series."
Subject: 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.
Large type books.
Biographical fiction.
Genre: Biographical fiction.

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Homer Public Library LP CHEVALIER (Text) 000092911 Large Print -- Fiction Available -


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