The Dragon in the Cliff
Download or Read eBook The Dragon in the Cliff PDF written by Sheila Cole and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Sheila Cole |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2016-03-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781504032995 |
ISBN-13 | : 1504032993 |
Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Dragon in the Cliff by : Sheila Cole
Book excerpt: “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.