The Audubon Reader
This unprecedented anthology of John James Audubon's lively and colorful writings about the American wilderness reintroduces the great artist and ornithologist as an exceptional American writer, a predecessor to Thoreau, Emerson, and Melville.Audubon's award-winning biographer, Richard Rhodes, has gathered excerpts from his journals, letters, and published works, and has organized them to appeal to general readers. Rhodes's unobtrusive commentary frames a wide range of selections, including Audubon's vivid bird biographies, correspondence with his devoted wife, Lucy, journal accounts of dramatic river journeys and hunting trips with the Shawn…
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Weitere Autoren: Rhodes, Richard / Rhodes, Richard
- ISBN: 978-1-4000-4369-9
- EAN: 9781400043699
- Produktnummer: 1907707
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 656 S.
- Abbildungen: Farb. Abb.
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John James Audubon was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his extensive studies documenting all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats.
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