Remarkable creatures
By: Tracy Chevalier.
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hammersmith, London [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780007178377
Subjects: 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
Genres: Fiction
Description: Mary Anning was facinated by fossils from an early age realising she could sell them to the gentry who had become avid collectors. She was often ripped off by the buyers and derided by scientists but was rescued by Elizabeth Philpot and their unlikely friendship would take strange twists as the importance of these finds began to spread.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-352).