The Dragon in the Cliff
A Novel Based on the Life of Mary Anning
Published on 22. March 2016
228 pages
978-1-5040-3299-5 (ISBN)
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I scraped off the wet clay with mounting excitement. There was no mistaking what I saw."
What Mary Anning found in the cliffs in 1811, when she was 13, was the first complete fossil of an ichthyosaurus, a marine dinosaur. She hunted and sold fossils to save her family from poverty after her father died when she was 11 years old. Despite social disapproval of her unfeminine occupation, Mary persisted and became a leading fossilist who made valuable contributions to science.
What Mary Anning found in the cliffs in 1811, when she was 13, was the first complete fossil of an ichthyosaurus, a marine dinosaur. She hunted and sold fossils to save her family from poverty after her father died when she was 11 years old. Despite social disapproval of her unfeminine occupation, Mary persisted and became a leading fossilist who made valuable contributions to science.
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Sheila Cole is the author of
To Be Young in America,
The Dragon in the Cliff, and
What Kind of Love? among other titles for both children and adults. She lives in Solana Beach, California.
Content
- Intro
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- I Am Lost
- How I Started
- Chapel School
- The Turning Point
- The Curiosities Will Save Us
- A Costly Mistake
- Our Losses
- Something Stares at Me From the Cliff
- An Accident Leads to a Discovery
- New Places, Uncomfortable Thoughts
- Disappointed Expectations
- A Chance Meeting
- A Stolen Fossil
- Joseph Takes Matters into His Own Hands
- The End of a Friendship
- Hopes, Dreams, and a Lonely Reality
- A Great Distance Between Us
- A Demeaning First Meeting
- Others Get the Credit
- A Geological Tea Party
- An Understanding
- Epilogue
- About the Author
- Copyright Page
