More about the book and the author
The Ancient Herbs book is in paperback, measures 8+1/2 by 11 and is
449 pages long. It is fully indexed by the scientific names of each herb.
There is an accompanying CD-ROM with 260 pages of text in Word that includes
etymologies and folk names of each herb entry. It also includes some technical
glossaries and other back of the book information.
There is also a section with thumbnail sketches of vitamins, minerals,
amino acids and other dietary supplements.
The ISBN is 0-9645039-1-3 and the Library of Congress Card Number is
200116501.
The CD-ROM is accessible through Word (in Windows format or Macintosh
format).
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A Book Received-notice
by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
Volume 286, No. 11, September 19, 2001.
Books, Journals, New Media Received
Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Ancient Herbs and Modern Herbs: A Comprehensive Reference Guide to Medicinal
Herbs, Human Ailments and Possible Herbal Remedies by James Kedzie Sayre,
449 pp, includes CD-ROM, paper, $49.95, ISBN 0-964-5039-1-3, San Carlos,
Calif. Bottlebrush Press, 2001.
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About the Author:
James always had a strong interest in nature, especially birds and flowers.
Mr. Sayre grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey and Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania,
where he attended public schools. After high school, he majored in physics
for two years at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He finished his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor and was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering
with a minor in Chemical Engineering. He also had one year of graduate study
in Mineral Engineering at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
In the 1990s he did contract work in technical writing for several Silicon
Valley corporations. In 1996, he published his first book, North American
Bird Folknames and Names. In 2001, he published his second book, Ancient
Herbs and Modern Herbs: A Comprehensive Reference Guide to Medicinal Herbs,
Human Ailments and Possible Herbal Remedies.
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