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John James Audubon - John James Audubon´s Journal of 1826: The Voyage to The Birds of America - 9780803225312 - V9780803225312
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John James Audubon´s Journal of 1826: The Voyage to The Birds of America

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Description for John James Audubon´s Journal of 1826: The Voyage to The Birds of America Hardback. The first accurate transcription of John James Audubon's 1826 journal. Editor(s): Patterson, Jerry Daniel. Num Pages: 536 pages, 22 illustrations, 3 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BJ; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 922.
John James Audubon, an early American naturalist and painter, produced one of the greatest works of natural history and art of the nineteenth century, The Birds of America. As the record of the interior story of the making of this monumental work, his journal of 1826 is one of the richest documents in the history of American culture.
 The first accurate transcription of Audubon’s 1826 journal, this edition corrects many of the errors, both intentional and unintentional, found in previous editions. Such errors have obscured the figure of Audubon as a man struggling to realize his professional and artistic dreams. ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
Number of Pages
536
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803225312
SKU
V9780803225312
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About John James Audubon
John James Audubon (1785–1851) is one of America’s premier wildlife artists. His monumental Birds of America, a collection of 435 life-sized prints, was published from 1826 to 1838 and is often considered the greatest picture book ever produced. Daniel Patterson is a professor of English at Central Michigan University. He is the author or editor of several books, including Early ... Read more

Reviews for John James Audubon´s Journal of 1826: The Voyage to The Birds of America
"Now, nearly 200 years later, Audubon is in fact "here, there and all over the Globe." And we are very lucky indeed to have a definitive transcription of the document that describes how that happened."—Anthony Doerr, Boston Globe “Thanks to [this] new edition of the personal diary he kept during the voyage [to England], for the first time we are ... Read more

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