Emilio,
Your message was so funny I wanted to go straight to Harry to show it to him, but I ended up standing in line behind book-buyers, well-wishers and autograph hounds waiting for Harry's attentions!  After a wait of some 30 minutes, I was able to share your message with him.  He told me you were up to 4,598 Bench Presses by now!  :-)
I should mention to Conch-Lers that Emilio has also contributed numerous images to this publication.  It's really a wonderful book.
Karlynn
NC - USA

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>From: Emilio Garcia <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: May 30, 2009 12:59 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] New Book on Northeast Florida Shells
>
>Hi Karlynn,
>
>I heard the good news yesterday through Bill Frank. I had told Harry
>Lee that I was getting tired of eating my veggies and going to the
>gym every day trying to survive until the book got published.
>
>I have not received my copies yet; however, Harry has been kind
>enough to send me through the years excerpts from his ms of
>descriptions and photos of species that I needed for research. I am
>sure that my testimony is not needed,as Harry's Conch-L messages and
>publications have been widely read, but I certainly can vow for the
>meticulous descriptions of the species as well as their careful
>comparison with similar taxa. This is not just a picture book.
>
>Although the title suggests a regional approach, Marine Shells of
>Northeast Florida includes many species found from the northeast
>coast of the US to Brazil and the western Gulf of Mexico. It will be
>extremely useful not only to collectors of western Atlantic shells,
>but to all collectors with a wide interest in mollusks.
>
>Emilio
>
>Link to the brochure page  http://www.neflshells.org/
>
>
>
>>I am attending the Jacksonville Shell Club's Shell Show and it is a wonderful
>>show, indeed!  However, there is a new star on the block:  Harry
>>Lee's new book for the Jacksonville Shell Club - Marine Shells of
>>Northeast Florida -has just been delivered by the publisher and
>>Harry is here at the show with the book, busily autographing them
>>for eager purchasers!  It has been filled with photographs of the
>>numerous species described and has many color photographs taken by
>>my dive partner, Charlotte Lloyd Thorpe (who is a fabulous
>>photographer!)  Here is a link to the page which has been set up
>>about the book:  http://www.neflshells.org/
>>Do yourself a favor and check it out!
>>Karlynn Morgan
>>NC - USA
>>
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