Remarkable Creatures
- ISBN-10
- 0452297028
- ISBN-13
- 9780452297029
- Series
- Remarkable Creatures
- Category
- Discoveries in science
- Pages
- 312
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Author
- Tracy Chevalier
Description
Marked for greatness after being struck by lightning in infancy, Mary Anning discovers a fossilized skeleton near her 19th century home that triggers attacks on her character and upheavals throughout the religious, scientific, and academic communities.
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