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Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America
William Souder
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Description for Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BG; RGR; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
John James Audubon is renowned for his masterpiece of natural history and art, The Birds of America, the first nearly comprehensive survey of the continent's birdlife. And yet few people understand, and many assume incorrectly, what sort of man he was. How did the illegitimate son of a French sea captain living in Haiti, who lied both about his parentage and his training, rise to become one of the greatest natural historians ever and the greatest name in ornithology? In Under a Wild Sky this Pulitzer Prize finalist, William Souder reveals that Audubon did not only compose the most famous ... Read more
John James Audubon is renowned for his masterpiece of natural history and art, The Birds of America, the first nearly comprehensive survey of the continent's birdlife. And yet few people understand, and many assume incorrectly, what sort of man he was. How did the illegitimate son of a French sea captain living in Haiti, who lied both about his parentage and his training, rise to become one of the greatest natural historians ever and the greatest name in ornithology? In Under a Wild Sky this Pulitzer Prize finalist, William Souder reveals that Audubon did not only compose the most famous ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Minneapolis, United States
ISBN
9781571313553
SKU
V9781571313553
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Reviews for Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America
"Souder renders a fascinating portrait not only of Audubon but of the America he knew, a place so lush and fertile it seems almost mythical. But those drawings
foundational American documents
prove it was so, and this book makes new and compelling sense of them and their creator."
Bill McKibben
foundational American documents
prove it was so, and this book makes new and compelling sense of them and their creator."
Bill McKibben