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The Audubon Reader
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Author : John James Audubon
language : en
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Release Date : 2015-01-21
The Audubon Reader written by John James Audubon and has been published by Everyman's Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-21 with Nature categories.
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.
The Audubon Reader
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Author : John James Audubon
language : en
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Release Date : 2006
The Audubon Reader written by John James Audubon and has been published by Random House Digital, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Animal painters categories.
An anthology of nature writings by the great artist and ornithologist features Audubon's writings about the American wilderness and its plant and animal life, accompanied by excerpts from his journals, letters, and published works that include accounts of his river journeys and hunting trips with the Shawnee and Osage Indians.
The Missouri River Journals Of John James Audubon
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Author : John James Audubon
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2016-05-01
The Missouri River Journals Of John James Audubon written by John James Audubon and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-01 with History categories.
"The first accurate transcription of John James Audubon's 1843 journals, which includes recently discovered and previously unpublished journal entries detailing his last expedition along the upper Missouri River"--Provided by publisher.
The Ecocriticism Reader
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Author : Cheryll Glotfelty
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 1996
The Ecocriticism Reader written by Cheryll Glotfelty and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book is the first collection of its kind, an anthology of classic and cutting-edge writings in the rapidly emerging field of literary ecology. Exploring the relationship between literature and the physical environment, literary ecology is the study of the ways that writing - from novels and folktales to U.S. government reports and corporate advertisements - both reflects and influences our interactions with the natural world.
John James Audubon
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Author : Gregory Nobles
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2017-03-07
John James Audubon written by Gregory Nobles and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-07 with History categories.
John James Audubon's The Birds of America stands as an unparalleled achievement in American art, a huge book that puts nature dramatically on the page. With that work, Audubon became one of the most adulated artists of his time, and America's first celebrity scientist. In this fresh approach to Audubon's art and science, Gregory Nobles shows us that Audubon's greatest creation was himself. A self-made man incessantly striving to secure his place in American society, Audubon made himself into a skilled painter, a successful entrepreneur, and a prolific writer, whose words went well beyond birds and scientific description. He sought status with the "gentlemen of science" on both sides of the Atlantic, but he also embraced the ornithology of ordinary people. In pursuit of popular acclaim in art and science, Audubon crafted an expressive, audacious, and decidedly masculine identity as the "American Woodsman," a larger-than-life symbol of the new nation, a role he perfected in his quest for transatlantic fame. Audubon didn't just live his life; he performed it. In exploring that performance, Nobles pays special attention to Audubon's stories, some of which—the murky circumstances of his birth, a Kentucky hunting trip with Daniel Boone, an armed encounter with a runaway slave—Audubon embellished with evasions and outright lies. Nobles argues that we cannot take all of Audubon's stories literally, but we must take them seriously. By doing so, we come to terms with the central irony of Audubon's true nature: the man who took so much time and trouble to depict birds so accurately left us a bold but deceptive picture of himself.
Reimagining Environmental History
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Author : Christian Knoeller
language : en
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Release Date : 2017-10-11
Reimagining Environmental History written by Christian Knoeller and has been published by University of Nevada Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-11 with Nature categories.
Christian Knoeller presents a radical reinterpretation of environmental history set in the heartland of America. In an excellent model of narrative-based scholarship, this book dynamically reimagines American environmentalism across generations of writers, artists, and scientists. Knoeller starts out with Audubon, and cites Thoreau’s journals in the 1850s as he assesses an early 17th century account of New England’s natural resources by William Wood, showing the epic decline in game and bird populations in Concord. This reading of environmental history is replicated throughout with a gallery of novelists, poets, essayists, and other commentators as they explore ecological memory and environmental destruction. In apt discussions of Matthiessen, Lopez, Wendell Berry, William Stafford and many others, Knoeller offers vibrant insights into literary history. He also cites his own memoir of perpetual development on his family’s farm in Indiana, enriching the scholarship and making an urgent plea for the healing aesthetics of the imagination. Reading across centuries and genres, Knoeller gives us a vibrant new appraisal of Midwestern/North American interior literary traditions and makes clear how vital environmental writing is to this region. To date, no one has written such an eloquent and comprehensive cross-genre analysis of Midwestern environmental literature.
Audubon At Sea
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Author : Christoph Irmscher
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2024-05-31
Audubon At Sea written by Christoph Irmscher and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-31 with History categories.
This one-of-a-kind, lavishly illustrated anthology celebrates Audubon's connection to the sea through both his words and art. The American naturalist John James Audubon (1785–1851) is widely remembered for his iconic paintings of American birdlife. But as this anthology makes clear, Audubon was also a brilliant writer—and his keen gaze took in far more than creatures of the sky. Culled from his published and unpublished writings, Audubon at Sea explores Audubon's diverse observations of the ocean, the coast, and their human and animal inhabitants. With Audubon expert Christoph Irmscher and scholar of the sea Richard J. King as our guides, we set sail from the humid expanses of the American South to the shores of England and the chilly landscapes of the Canadian North. We learn not only about the diversity of sea life Audubon documented—birds, sharks, fish, and whales—but also about life aboard ship, travel in early America, Audubon's work habits, and the origins of beloved paintings. As we face an unfathomable loss of seabirds today, Audubon's warnings about the fragility of birdlife in his time are prescient and newly relevant. Charting the course of Audubon's life and work, from his birth in Haiti to his death in New York City, Irmscher and King's sweeping introduction and carefully drawn commentary confront the challenges Audubon's legacy poses for us today, including his participation in American slavery and the thousands of birds he killed for his art. Rounded out by hundreds of historical and ornithological notes and beautiful illustrations, and with a foreword by distinguished photographer and conservationist Subhankar Banerjee, Audubon at Sea is the most comprehensively annotated collection of Audubon's work ever published.
Uncle John S Certified Organic Bathroom Reader
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Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-08-15
Uncle John S Certified Organic Bathroom Reader written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-15 with Humor categories.
From electric cars to recycling to organic food--it's all here! Uncle John puts a green spin on its fun facts, figures and trademark trivia. Only Uncle John could make the Green Movement this much fun! This timely edition takes an even-handed look at the trials and tribulations (and downright goofiness) of environmentalism. You’ll learn how landfills operate, where plastic goes to die, how to understand food labels, how to save some green around the house, and the lowdown on all the alternative forms of energy currently being bandied about (even beer power). And we cover the really important stuff, such as: Who has the bigger carbon footprint--Fred Flintstone or George Jetson? And lots more, including… * Lady Bird Johnson’s quest for a prettier nation * Whatever happened to the electric car? * Paper vs. plastic: A fight to the death * Not-so-green Hollywood movies * The true meaning of “organic” * Ancient environmentalists * Living on an Amish farm * NOISE POLLUTION! * Animals that recycle * The power of poo And much, much more!
John James Audubon
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Author : Patrice Sherman
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Learning
Release Date : 2013
John James Audubon written by Patrice Sherman and has been published by Infobase Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Biography categories.
Artist, writer, naturalist, and frontiersman John James Audubon explored America's wilderness during the early;19th century, observing and recording the wonders he found there.;From the Kentucky frontier to the Mississippi bayo.
Reading Biography
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Author : Carl Rollyson
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2004-11-25
Reading Biography written by Carl Rollyson and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Most book reviewers know very little about the history or the art of biography. Indeed, if there is any art in biography, it is the rare reviewer that acknowledges it or knows how to discuss it. Usually the reviewer regards biography as an occasion to wax eloquent about what he or she thinks of the subject. Little space, if any, is devoted to the biography's structure or style, to the biographer's peculiar problems, or to how the biography relates to others about the same subject. Carl Rollyson, a professional biographer and weekly columnist (On Biography) for The New York Sun, explores the ramifications of authorized and unauthorized biographies, investigates the relationship between biography and history, biography and fiction, biography and autobiography, as well commenting on certain perennial biographical subjects such as Napoleon, on sub genres such as children's biography, and on the most recent developments in life writing. Rollyson's aim is to reach not merely scholars but that vast general audience addicted to reading biography, enhancing their pleasure by providing insight (or you might say, the inside word) on how biographies are put together.