Ingrid,
A great website for Man & Shells is Avril Bourquin's
"Manandmollusc.net/" which is a treasure trove on how man relates to his
"shelly friends". I've recommended this site for years and my teacher
friends find it most useful. Check it out. manandmollusc.net/
Dan Yoshimoto
>Dear Conch-L
>
>I am up to my ears writing a book with the working title "The Story of
>Shells", to be published by Thames & Hudson in London next year. It will
>have up to 600 colour illustrations, and documents the influence of the
>shell on humankind in the arts, symbolism, religion, currency, etc. The
>publishers have asked me to include a reference section at the end of the
>book, with lists of (1) the most useful non-commercial websites for those
>with a general interest in shells, and newcomers to shell collecting, (2)
>the most important public collections of shells internationally, (3) the
>best shell grottoes/houses open to the public in Europe, and (4) a reading
>list for the newcomer to shell collecting.
>
>Most of you are learned on the subject of conchology, and therefore in a
>league beyond that of my likely readership. But if there is anybody with a
>little time to spare, and who may have ideas on the subject, I should be
>immensely grateful for advice on websites that should be included in this
>list, and of any books that I may have missed. It is hoped that the book
>will be published in USA and in foreign editions, so these lists should be
>as international as possible.
>
>I look forward to hearing from anybody with suggestions, and many thanks for
>all the interest Conch-L brings into my life.
>
>Sincerely
>Ingrid Thomas
>
>
>
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><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=984034808-07032006>I am up to my
>ears writing a book with the working title "The Story of Shells", to be
>published by Thames & Hudson in London next year. It will have up to
>600 colour illustrations, and documents the influence of the shell on
>humankind
>in the arts, symbolism, religion, currency, etc. The
>publishers have
>asked me to include a reference section at the end of the
>book, with lists of (1) the most useful non-commercial websites for
>those with a general interest in shells, and newcomers to shell collecting,
>(2) the most important public collections of shells
>internationally, (3) the best shell grottoes/houses open to the public in
>Europe, and (4) a reading list for the newcomer to shell
>collecting.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT><SPAN class=984034808-07032006>
><DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Most of you are learned on the subject of
>conchology, and therefore in a league beyond that of my likely
>readership.
>But if there is anybody with a little time to spare, and who may have ideas on
>the subject, I should be immensely grateful for advice on websites that
>should be included in this list, and of any books that I may have
>missed. It is hoped that the book will be published in USA and in
>foreign editions, so these lists should be as international as
>possible.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
><DIV></SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=984034808-07032006><FONT face=Arial
>size=2>I look
>forward to hearing from anybody with suggestions, and many thanks for all the
>interest Conch-L brings into my life.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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><DIV><SPAN class=984034808-07032006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ingrid
>Thomas</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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Dan, Hiromi & Kuma Yoshimoto
Eureka, California
U.S.A.
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