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 Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:16 am Post subject: R.I.P. Jerome LeRoy Wexler, 85 (in March, nature writer, "Su |
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Not to be confused with the well-known Atlantic Records producer.
He lived in Wallingford, Connecticut.
"I don't know why but almost all nature photographers run around
photographing plants only in their flowering and/or fruiting stage. My
approach is to study, and photograph the entire life cycle--from seed
to seed. When this photo essay is unfolded in a book or in a slide
show it entices the reader/viewer with something he can understand and
gives me the opportunity of presenting a tremendous amount of botany
without the reader/viewer realizing that he's being fed this so-called
dull subject."
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/wexler.html
(bio and long booklist)
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&q=%22jerome+wexler%22+books&btnG=Search+Images
(covers)
Partial booklist
Self-illustrated:
* (With Carolyn Meyer) Rock Tumbling: From Stones to Gems to
Jewelry (juvenile), Morrow, 1974.
* (With Joanna Cole) A Chick Hatches, Morrow (New York), 1976.
* (With Millicent E. Selsam) The Amazing Dandelion, Morrow (New
York), 1977.
* How to Tumble Polish Gemstones and Make Tumbled Jewelry, Gemac,
1977.
* (With Cole) A Fish Hatches, Morrow (New York), 1978.
* (With Cole) Find the Hidden Insect, Morrow (New York), 1979.
* (With Cole) A Frog's Body, Morrow (New York), 1980.
* Secrets of the Venus's Fly Trap, Dodd, Mead (New York), 1981.
* A Bird's Body, Morrow (New York), 1982.
* (With Cole) A Cat's Body, Morrow (New York), 1982.
* From Spore to Spore: Ferns and How They Grow, Dodd, Mead (New
York), 1985.
* Flowers, Fruits, Seeds, Prentice Hall (New York), 1987.
* Pet Mice, Whitman (Niles, IL), 1989.
* Pet Gerbils, A. Whitman (Niles, IL), 1990.
* Pet Hamsters, A. Whitman (Morton Grove, IL), 1992.
* Wonderful Pussy Willows, Dutton Children's Books (New York),
1992.
* Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Dutton Children's Books (New York), 1993.
* Queen Anne's Lace, A. Whitman (Morton Grove, IL), 1994.
* Everyday Mysteries, Dutton Children's Books (New York), 1995.
* Sundew Stranglers: Plants That Eat Insects, Dutton Children's
Books (New York), 1995.
"Illustrator and photographer for numerous books for children by
Millicent E. Selsam. Agricultural photographs have been published
under pseudonym Roy Delmar."
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