The compelling story of a legendary artist and an eternal American hero. "In 1803, an eighteen-year-old West Indies-born Frenchman arrived in New York City, fleeing Napoleon's conscription. His work would become inextricably entwined with the new world he so proudly adopted in his motto "America, my country." Inspired by the primeval forests and the vast flocks of birds that thrived in them, Audubon spent the next several decades of his life painstakingly documenting the birds of the American wilderness. He traveled ...
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The compelling story of a legendary artist and an eternal American hero. "In 1803, an eighteen-year-old West Indies-born Frenchman arrived in New York City, fleeing Napoleon's conscription. His work would become inextricably entwined with the new world he so proudly adopted in his motto "America, my country." Inspired by the primeval forests and the vast flocks of birds that thrived in them, Audubon spent the next several decades of his life painstakingly documenting the birds of the American wilderness. He traveled the back roads and bayous, searching out and studying the birds that were his pastime and passion. He spent long, silent hours observing them in the wild. He was no amateur ornithologist; rather, he drew his birds from life, and his work always carried the line "drawn from nature by J. J. Audubon." Accompanied by his wife, Lucy, and their two sons, Audubon was able to challenge the world's expectations and win. The story of this loving family's long, profound struggle is as poignant and as relevant today as it was in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Combining meticulous scholarship with the dramatic life story of a naturalist and pioneer, Audubon reexamines the artist's journals and letters to tell the story of Audubon's quest, the origins of the American spirit, and the sacrifice that resulted in one of the world's greatest bodies of art: The Birds of America.
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Add this copy of Audubon: Life and Art in the American Wilderness to cart. $3.18, good condition, Sold by Opalick rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from evans, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by University of Georgia Press.
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Add this copy of Audubon: Life and Art in the American Wilderness to cart. $3.28, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by University of Georgia Press.
Add this copy of Audubon: Life and Art in the American Wilderness to cart. $4.01, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Random House Publishing Group.
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Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
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Brand New. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Soft Cover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BRAND NEW BOOK. NO MARKINGS. As Shirley Streshinsky writes in her foreword, this book tells the "full, fascinating story of an extraordinary life against the background of a young, vibrant America." Best known for his extensively illustrated Birds of America, John Audubon traveled from France to the United States as a teenager in 1803, the same year as the Lewis and Clark expedition. Between that time and his death in 1851, he lived his life first as a woodsman and then as a naturalist and artist. This biography covers his travels, his successes and failures, and explains why Audubon is regarded today as synonymous with the conservation movement. "Streshinsky's riveting new biography. infuses this man's career with the same vigorous spark of real life that Audubon uniquely brought to the depiction of America's birds."-Los Angeles Times.
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