This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon PDF
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this strange wilderness T d s his Str ge Wilder ss the life and art of john james audubon N N ancy Plai U University of Nebraska Press · Lincoln London © 2015 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska All rights reserved Manufactured in China Publication of this volume was assisted by a grant from the Friends of the University of Nebraska Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-i n-P ublication Data Plain, Nancy. This strange wilderness: the life and art of John James Audubon / Nancy Plain. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978- 0- 8032- 4884- 7 (pbk.: alk. paper) isbn 978- 0-8 032- 8401- 2 (epub) isbn 978- 0-8 032-8 402- 9 (mobi) isbn 978- 0-8 032-8 403-6 (pdf) 1. Audubon, John James, 1785– 1851. 2. Ornithologists—U nited States— Biography. 3. Naturalists—U nited States—B iography. I. Title. II. Title: Life and art of John James Audubon. ql31.a9p65 2015 508.092— dc23 [B] 2014020552 Set in Tribute by Renni Johnson. Designed by N. Putens. For my grandchildren June Rose Evans, Jack Alan Dodge, and those yet to come, “with a heart as light as a bird on the wing” I often think the woods the only place in which I truly live. john james audubon Contents List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Drawn from Nature xv 1. Beloved Boy 1 2. America, My Country 9 3. The American Woodsman 17 4. Down the Mississippi 29 5. On the Wing 39 6. The Birds of America 49 7. Team Audubon 61 8. This Strange Wilderness 74 9. Audubon Then and Now 88 Appendix: Looking for Audubon and His World 93 Glossary 95 Notes 99 Bibliography 105 Illustration Credits 107 Index 109
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