01131cam a2200241 4500 553811375 TxAuBib 20220415120000.0 090603s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780525951452 0525951458 TxAuBib Chevalier, Tracy. Remarkable creatures / Tracy Chevalier. New York : Dutton, 2009. 312 p. ; 24 cm. 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. 20220415. Sisters Fiction. Fossils Fiction. Lyme Regis (England) Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. Historical fiction.