Remarkable creatures
题名:
Remarkable creatures
著者:
Chevalier, Tracy
ISBN:
9780525951452
出版信息:
New York [etc.] : Dutton, 2010
规格:
299 p. ; 24 cm
一般附注:
Includes bibliographical references
摘要:
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.
主题:
| 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 |
摘要:
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.