
The Dragon in the Cliff
A Novel Based on the Life of Mary Anning
Sheila Cole(Author)
iUniverse (Publisher)
Published on 14. May 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-595-35074-2 (ISBN)
Description
"I scraped off the clay...there was no mistaking what I saw...I had found it!"
What Mary Anning found in the cliffs in 1811, when she was 13, was the first complete fossil of an ichthyosaur, a marine dinosaur. Mary Anning lived in England in the 1800's. She hunted and sold fossils to save her family from poverty after her father died when she was 11 years old. Despite social disproval of her unfeminine occupation, Mary persisted and became a leading fossilist who made valuable contributions to science.
"Mary shines through as a spunky and believable heroine..."
--Booklist
More details
Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
383 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-595-35074-2 (9780595350742)
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