Audubon: Life And Art In The American Wilderness; Author: Streshinsky, Shirley; Paperback

Author: Streshinsky, Shirley
Paperback; Photographs
407 pages
Published: March 1998
University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820320056
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John James Audubon--the dreamer, vagabond, romantic, and genius--was the archetype of the passionate and steadfast frontiersman. Combining meticulous scholarship with the dramatic life story of a naturalist and pioneer, Streshinsky 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 oneof the world's greatest bodies of art: The Birds of America. 22 illustrations.John James Audubon, an 18-year-old West Indies-born Frenchman, arrived in New York City in 1803. This is the story of his life as a naturalist and pioneer. The book examines the artist's journals and letters.