01550cam a2200337 i 4500 496648240 TxAuBib 20210317120000.0 100318s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780452296725 pbk. 0452296722 pbk. TxAuBib rda Chevalier, Tracy. Remarkable creatures [PBK] / Tracy Chevalier. New York : Plume, 2010. 312 p. ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. 20210317. cat 20130108 cjk. 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, American.