Page, Jake (Autor Personal)

His Shoot the Moon, c1979: t.p. (Jake Page)

His Blood, 1981: CIP t.p. (Jake Page) CIP data sheet (b. 1-24-36)

Law and the environment, 1970: t.p. (James K. Page)

LC database, Feb. 16, 2016 (hdgs. Page, Jake; Page, James K.; usage: Jake Page; James K. Page, Jr.)

Washington post WWW site, viewed Feb. 16, 2016 (Jake Page died Feb. 10 [2016] at his home in Lyons, Colo.; he was 80; began his career as an editor at a New York publishing house, knowing next to nothing about science; when his company, Doubleday, formed a partnership with the American Museum of Natural History in New York, he was put in charge of a collaborative effort to publish general-interest books on animals and science; as the editor of Natural History Press and Natural History magazine, Mr. Page embarked on an unexpected career that made him one of the country's most prolific and accomplished masters of popular science writing; also wrote a series of mystery novels set in the Southwest, as well as several books about American Indians; after working in New York publishing circles, including a stint as chief editor of Walker Publishing, Mr. Page came to Washington in 1970 as the science editor of the fledgling Smithsonian magazine; helped shape the style of the monthly journal, commissioning articles and writing many of them; in 1976, Mr. Page became the founding editor of Smithsonian Books, which he led for four years; also was the first editor of the Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine, which premiered in 1985; James Keena Page Jr. was born Jan. 24, 1936, in Boston; known as Jake from an early age; lived in Washington from 1970 until the late 1980s, when he moved to New Mexico and later to Colorado)