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Remarkable creatures : [a novel] /

Growing up fascinated with the fossils she collected on the beach, Mary Anning blossomed into a skillful amateur archaeologist. When she discovers an intriguing fossilized skeleton, townspeople and religious authorities react viciously. Barred from the scientific community and in love with an unavai...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chevalier, Tracy
Corporate Author: Penguin Audio (Firm)
Other Authors: Parry, Charlotte (Narrator), Lyons, Susan (Narrator)
Format: CD Audio Book
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Penguin Audio, [2010]
Edition:Unabridged.
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.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Audiobooks.
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Summary:Growing up fascinated with the fossils she collected on the beach, Mary Anning blossomed into a skillful amateur archaeologist. When she discovers an intriguing fossilized skeleton, townspeople and religious authorities react viciously. Barred from the scientific community and in love with an unavailable man, Mary turns to Elizabeth Philpot, a London exile, for friendship. Together, they look to make their way in the evolving nineteenth century through archaeology and scientific discovery.
Item Description:Subtitle from container.
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Sound recording.
Physical Description:8 sound discs (approximately 10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:9781440771743
144077174X