Pearls

This 64-page booklet is part of the Fred Ward Gem Series. Richly and colorfully illustrated, it provides a fine overview of pearls, those beautiful “gifts from the sea.” For at least 2,000 years, pearls have been collected, worn, and treasured, and this gem of a book provides history and lore, geography, science, and practical advice. Fred Ward was an honored journalist and photographer, primarily for National Geographic. His published photos included John Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., the Beatles, Fidel Castro, and Leonid Brezhnev. To get the pictures he wanted, he travelled everywhere to meet anyone, became a scuba diver and helicopter pilot and, for this Gem Series, a gemologist.