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> Hi All.
>
>     I had recently given my daughter a copy of the old standard, 'Golden
> Guide Seashells of the World' and I am struck just how nice a book it
> really
> is.  It's a book for some reason I can't help but come back to from time
> to
> time even though I have an extensive Conchology library. Looking at the
> illustrations in the book I am really struck by how outstanding the
> colored
> drawings really are, probably some of the best illustrations I have ever
> seen in a natural history guide book.  Frankly the images are possibly
> better than my Peterson guide of birds which I think many naturalist hold
> up
> as the gold standard.  I was wondering if anyone knew anything about the
> two
> illustrators, George and Marita Sandstrom (there should be a little Umlaut
> over the 'o'), and if they had done any other natural history work.  When
> I
> type up their names I keep getting hits on the 'Golden Guide.'
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Doug
>
> From Snowy Indiana
>
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Regards,
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm

President
American Malacological Society 2010-2011

Research Associate - Section of Mollusks
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Assistant Professor - Family Medicine
Fellow-American Academy of Family Practice
Fellow-Academy of Wilderness Medicine

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