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Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This fascinating picture book biography from beloved author of the Lemonade War series Jacqueline Davies and Caldecott honor–winning illustrator Melissa Sweet chronicles the life of scientist John James Audubon, who pioneered a technique essential to our understanding of birds thanks to his lifelong love for the species.
If there was one thing James loved to do more than anything else, it was to be in the great outdoors watching...
If there was one thing James loved to do more than anything else, it was to be in the great outdoors watching...
Author
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Audubon was not the father of American ornithology. That honorific belongs to Alexander Wilson, whose encyclopedic "American Ornithology" established a distinctive approach that emphasized the observation of live birds. In the first full-length study to reproduce all of Wilson s unpublished drawings for the nine-volume "Ornithology, " Edward Burtt and William Davis illustrate Wilson s pioneering and, today, underappreciated achievement as the first...
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Series
Language
English
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"John James Audubon's passion for birds inspired a national movement to protect birds and their habitats. As a child, John would often skip school to roam the countryside. He collected bird nests, unique stones, bits of moss, and other items of interest and developed his talent for creating dramatic bird portraits and skills for observing them in the wild. Using his abilities as an acute observer, skilled writer, and exceptional artist, Audubon wrote...
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Tells the story of pioneering birder and activist Florence Merriam Bailey, whose compassionate approach to nature influenced modern bird-watching and inspired a lasting sense of curiosity and respect for the world's feathered creatures.
Author
Publisher
North Point
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
In the century and a half since Audubon's death, his name has become synonymous with wildlife conservation and natural history. But few people know what a complicated figure he was--or the dramatic story behind The Birds of America.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
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Description
John James Audubon came to America as a dapper eighteen-year-old eager to make his fortune. He had a talent for drawing and an interest in birds, and he would spend the next thirty-five years traveling to the remotest regions of his new countryoften alone and on footto render his avian subjects on paper. The works of art he created gave the world its idea of America. They gave America its idea of itself. Here Richard Rhodes vividly...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
John James Audubon's story is dramatic and surprising. He was not born in America, but saw more of the North American continent than virtually anyone alive. His growing apprehension about the destruction of nature became his prophecy. As an artist and naturalist his achievements were monumental. John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature creates a meaningful portrait of Art and Science in the first decades of the 19th century.
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