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Méras, Phyllis Leslie was born on May 10, 1931 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Edmond Albert and Leslie Trousdale (Ross) Méras.
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Editorial Review - Kirkus Reviews Amid today's upheavals, notes author Meras, ""a miniature world is a manageable one""; and whatever the reason, miniatures are enjoying a boom. Here, for the collector turned craftsman, is an all-inclusive guide to making miniatures that appropriately combines care, taste, and charm. The investment is small (another plus), the challenge is evident, the examples are alluring--and the instructions, plans, and photos bring success within reach. Start small, Meras suggests, with accessories (a chandelier based on cuphooks, vases and ashtrays from other findings); if fine needlepoint is your forte, try a cross-stitch sampler; dextrous? contrive an umbrella or other metal object. You can fashion an array of appetizing foods from molding materials; make furniture, of course; and graduate to a general store or old-fashioned Christmas parlor. And when, like every hobbyist, you have as many. . . as you need, you can turn your talent to money; Meras offers precise, realistic information on how. With models by experienced miniaturists and a final chapter on the masters, a thoroughly professional, not the least precious treatment.
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This is the first biography of Henry Beetle Hough, nationally respected editor of the weekly Vineyard Gazette, award-winning author, and dedicated conservationist. Country Editor focuses on the years from 1925, when Hough and his wife accepted the Vineyard Gazette as a wedding present, to Hough's death in 1985. An Afterword recounts the Houghs' continuing legacy.
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Weathervanes, clocks, paintings, cigars, candy, and nautical instruments are but a few of the goods still being provided to Bostonians by the city's historic shops. Many of these purveyors date from the nineteenth century–some as far back as Colonial days. The city is filled with pubs, taverns, and restaurants dating back more than a century, too. You'll still find Ye Olde Union Oyster House on Union Street. In 1771, on the eve of the American Revolution, the seditious publication, The Massachusetts Spy, was printed upstairs. Later, the orator Daniel Webster would down as many as three dozen oysters at the mahogany bar, still in use, and wash them down with tumblers of brandy and water. If you want to feel like a Boston Brahmin, have your hair cut at La Flamme Barber Shop (1898), furnished with the original mirrors set in mahogany frames, turn-of-the-century lighting, and marble counters. Or, have your grandmother's copy of The Boston Cooking School Cook Book rebound at a historic bindery that once made a slipcase to protect Charles Dickens's nightcap. Upper crust Bostonians have been buying jewelry from Shreve, Crump, and Low since it first opened in 1796–across the street from a silversmith named Paul Revere. Over in Cambridge, poke through thousands of items of vintage clothing at a second-hand emporium where well-heeled Harvard students–Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and John F. Kennedy among them–have been known to exchange their clothes for a little extra pocket money. And don't forget the Swan Boats in the Boston Public Garden–they've been delighting children of all ages since 1870.
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(Oversize hardback book. VACATION CRAFTS by Phyllis Méras,...)
Oversize hardback book. VACATION CRAFTS by Phyllis Méras, author of Miniatures. 100 projects to make from natural materials of seashore, mountains, lakes and desert. Fully illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and drawings. 1978. Houghton Mifflin. 160 pages. Original retail price $11.95 U.S.
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Méras, Phyllis Leslie was born on May 10, 1931 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Edmond Albert and Leslie Trousdale (Ross) Méras.
Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1955. Master of Science in Journalism, Columbia University, 1954. Swiss Government Exchange fellow, Institute Higher International Studies, Geneva, 1957.
Reporter, copy editor Providence Journal, 1954-1957, 59-61. Feature writer Ladies Home Journal magazine, 1957-1958. Editor Weekly Tribune, Geneva, Switzerland, 1961-1962.
Copyeditor, travel section New York Times, 1962-1968.
Managing editor Vineyard Gazette, Edgartown, Massachusetts, 1970-1974, contributing editor, 1974. Associate editor Rhode Islander, Providence, 1970-1976.
Travel editor Providence Journal, 1976-1995. Editor Wellesley Alumnae magazine, 1979-1996.
Associate in journalism U. Rhode Island, 1974-1975.
Adjunct instructor Columbia University School Journalism, 1975-1976. Author: First Spring: A Martha"s Vineyard Journal, 1972, A Yankee Way With Wood, 1975, Miniatures: How to Make Them, Use Them, SellThem, 1976, Vacation Crafts, 1978, The Mermaids of Chenonceaux and 828 Other Tales: An Anecdotal Guide to Europe, 1982, Exploring Rhode Island, 1984, Castles, Keeps and Leprechauns: Tales, Myths and Legendsof Historic Sites in Great Britain and Ireland, 1988, Eastern Europe: A Traveler"s Companion, 1991. Company-author: Christmas Angels, 1979, Carry-out Cuisine, 1982, New Carry Out Cuisine, 1986, Rhode Island Explorer"s Guide, 1998.
Pulitzer fellow in critical writing, 1967.
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Member of Society of America Travel Writers.
Married Thomas H. Cocroft Méras, November 3, 1968.