Background
Jerome was born on November 7, 1932, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His father was Ralph Jerome, a draftsman for oil-drilling companies, and his mother was Gwendolyn (Stewart) Jerome.
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John Jerome
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He graduated from high school in New Braunfels, Texas.
Career
He held a Bachelor of Arts from North Texas State College (now University), received in 1955. They had three children, Kathleen, Martin Stewart, and Julia. After teaching in West Texas, Jerome went to work in 1959 as an editor for Sports Carolina Digest in Odessa, Texas.
In 1962, he moved to New York City to serve as managing editor of Carolina and Driver magazine until 1964.
In 1967 the Jeromes moved to New England. They lived in rural New Hampshire and then in rural western Massachusetts.
Jerome freelanced as an editor and magazine writer, and wrote a dozen books, as well as the annual Complete Runner’s Day-by-Day Log and Calendar which he produced from 1986 through 2003. Perhaps his best-known book was Truck, a set of meditations on technology and work framed by the process of rebuilding an old pickup truck.
Stone Work: Reflections on Serious Play and Other Aspects of Country Life also received critical acclaim.
He died in 2002 of lung cancer.
