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Treasury of Audubon Birds

130 Plates from The Birds of America

By: John James Audubon

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Treasury of Audubon Birds

130 Plates from The Birds of America

By: John James Audubon

Featuring the snowy egret, wild turkey, brown pelican, screech owl, and many others, this new collection gathers 130 select plates from Audubon's octavo edition. Includes an informative introduction to the artist and his work.

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147

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Courier Dover Publications

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ISBN 10

0486841790

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9780486841793

Audubon at Sea

The Coastal and Transatlantic Adventures of John James Audubon

By: Christoph Irmscher,Richard J. King

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Audubon at Sea

The Coastal and Transatlantic Adventures of John James Audubon

By: Christoph Irmscher,Richard J. King

John James Audubon's paintings of birds are as familiar as they are beautiful. But even among his admirers, many may be surprised to learn that Audubon was a gifted writer. In this one-of-a-kind anthology, Christoph Irmscher and Richard J. King have curated a collection of Audubon's coastal and sea writing, which represent Audubon's most compelling and evocative depictions of the natural world and early nineteenth-century American life. The collection is geographically diverse, bringing to light the variety of people and wildlife Audubon met or observed, pulling from the massive Ornithological Biography (1831-1839) as well as the "Autobiography" and journals. The editors supplement the selections with an instructive introduction and powerful coda, section headnotes, explanatory notes, and an appendix linking Audubon's species to current taxonomy and geographic ranges. The book is lavishly illustrated as well. There is much more in Audubon at Sea than descriptions of birds: we have stories of life aboard ship, of travel in early America and Audubon's work habits, the origins of iconic paintings, and, in the end, the carefully drawn commentary on a flawed and, at best, ambiguous hero"--

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371

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University of Chicago Press

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022675667X

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9780226756677

Audubon's Art and Nature

A Collection of Nature Writings Illustrated with the Art of John James Audubon

By: John James Audubon

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Audubon's Art and Nature

A Collection of Nature Writings Illustrated with the Art of John James Audubon

By: John James Audubon

Features ninety of Audubon's most stunning bird paintings highlighted by nature prose by such classic authors as Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry James.

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192

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Random House Value Pub

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0517147785

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9780517147788

John James Audubon's Journal Of 1826

The Voyage to the Birds of America

By: John James Audubon

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John James Audubon's Journal Of 1826

The Voyage to the Birds of America

By: John James Audubon

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. ø 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. When Audubon embarked for Liverpool from New Orleans in 1826, he carried with him more than 250 of his watercolor drawings in a heavy case, a packet of letters of introduction, and many a good reason to believe that he was a fool to be gambling his family?s fortunes on so risky and grandiose a venture. These journal entries, conveying with energy and emotion Audubon?s experience of risking everything on a dream??Oh, America, Wife, Children and acquaintances, Farewell!??document an American icon?s transformation from a beleaguered backwoods artist and naturalist to the man who would become America?s premier ornithologist, illustrator of birds, and nature essayist.

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536

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803225318

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9780803225312

The Audubon Reader

Edited and Introduced by Richard Rhodes

By: John James Audubon

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The Audubon Reader

Edited and Introduced by Richard Rhodes

By: John James Audubon

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 Shawnee and Osage Indians, and a generous sampling of brief narrative episodes that have long been out of print—engaging stories of pioneer life such as "The Great Pine Swamp," “The Earthquake,” and “Kentucky Barbecue on the Fourth of July.” Full-color reproductions of sixteen of Audubon’s stunning watercolor illustrations accompany the text. The Audubon Reader allows us to experience Audubon’s distinctive voice directly and provides a window into his electrifying encounter with early America: with its wildlife and birds, its people, and its primordial wilderness.

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666

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Everyman's Library

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0375712704

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9780375712708

The Essential John James Audubon

By: Annette Blaugrund

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The Essential John James Audubon

By: Annette Blaugrund

Here's a series of quick, savvy, entertaining books on artists and pop culture at a popular price. It's for readers who want easy access to information and who are turned off by art-world jargon.With cutting-edge tone and text, these innovative, richly illustrated, compact books (6 x 6 gift size) are targeted at busy people who've heard of these much-discussed artists -- and who know that many people, for some reason, think these artists are important -- but honestly don't get what the big fuss is all about.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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0740702912

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9780740702914

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Treasury of Audubon Birds

Treasury of Audubon Birds

Audubon at Sea

Audubon at Sea

Audubon's Art and Nature

Audubon's Art and Nature

John James Audubon's Journal Of 1826

John James Audubon's Journal Of 1826

The Audubon Reader

The Audubon Reader

The Essential John James Audubon

The Essential John James Audubon

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