Description: ANCIENT SEA CREATURES is a NEW TITLE in a NEW SERIES OF POSTCARD BOOKS featuring themes from the natural world. Distinctive, ELEGANT & USEFUL GIFT item: 21 photo art card pages may be removed & mailed, or kept as a collection, supported by an informative 4 p. introduction. Unlike most other postcard books, cards in the Wild Horizons series will help the buyer SAVE MONEY-- they are the right size for the lowest First Class postage available ($.19). ANCIENT SEA CREATURES offers a fresh glimpse of the past, where life on Earth began, in the sea. Through beautiful photographic images composed & selected to fire the imagination, fossils are brought to life, suggesting creatures from alien worlds. Among them are colorfully abstract stromatolites & ammonites, bizarre trilobites, dancing crinoids, golden brachiopods, shadowy eurypterids, & fanciful fish, from locations world-wide. The book's introduction, by Peter L. Larson, gives readers a lucid overview of life in primeval seas, accompanied by a thoughtfully illustrated geologic time clock. Other recent books by the author-photographer, Thomas Wiewandt: DESERT RAIN/DESERT BLOOM, & CACTUS FLOWERS (both Wild Horizons Postcard Books); & HIDDEN LIFE OF THE DESERT (Random House, 1990). Order by mail, or phone 1-800-627-0048.

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