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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: Everyman's Library
Release Date : 2006
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 2006 with Animal painters categories.
John James Audubon (1785-1851) was for half a century America's dominant wildlife artist. His seminal Birds of America, a collection of 435 life-size prints, is still a standard work, and the name Audubon remains synonymous with birds and bird conservation the world over. Born in Haiti, the illegitimate son of a French sea-captain, he was raised in France and sailed to America at the age of 18 where he went into business and began his study of birds. In 1819 he was briefly jailed for bankruptcy; with no other prospects, he set off on his epic quest to depict America's avifauna, with nothing but his gun, artist's materials, and a young assistant. Floating down the Mississippi, he lived a rugged hand-to-mouth existence while his devoted wife, Lucy, earned money as a tutor to wealthy plantation families. In 1826 he sailed with his partly finished collection to England. Lionized as the 'American woodsman', he hit just the right Romantic note for the era, and was an overnight success, finding printers for his book first in Edinburgh, then London. It was a classic American tale of triumph over adversity. Here are vivid 'bird biographies', his correspondence with Lucy, journal accounts of his dramatic river journeys and hunting trips with the Osage Indians, and a generous sampling of brief stories that have long been out of print, 'The Burning of the Forests' and 'Kentucky Barbecue on the Fourth of July' among them. The Audubon Reader is an unforgettable encounter with early America: with its wildlife and birds, with its people and its primordial wilderness.
Audubon Reader
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Author : John James Audubon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986-12-01
Audubon Reader written by John James Audubon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-12-01 with categories.
Audubon Reader
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Author : John James Audubon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986-01-01
Audubon Reader written by John James Audubon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-01-01 with Artistes - Amérique du Nord - Biographies categories.
Audubon S Watch
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Author : John Gregory Brown
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2001
Audubon S Watch written by John Gregory Brown and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Fiction categories.
In 1821, John James Audubon, a tutor on a Louisiana plantation, becomes involved in the mysterious death of the plantation's mistress.
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.
Under A Wild Sky
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Author : William Souder
language : en
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Release Date : 2014-07-21
Under A Wild Sky written by William Souder and has been published by Milkweed Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this Pulitzer Prize–finalist biography, the author of Mad at the World examines the little-known life of the man behind the well-known bird survey. John James Audubon is renowned for his masterpiece of natural history and art, The Birds of America, the first nearly comprehensive survey of the continent’s birdlife. And yet few people understand, and many assume incorrectly, what sort of man he was. How did the illegitimate son of a French sea captain living in Haiti, who lied both about his parentage and his training, rise to become one of the greatest natural historians ever and the greatest name in ornithology? In Under a Wild Sky this Pulitzer Prize finalist, William Souder reveals that Audubon did not only compose the most famous depictions of birds the world has ever seen, but he also composed a brilliant mythology of self. In this dazzling work of biography, Souder charts the life of a driven man who, despite all odds, became the historical figure we know today. “A meticulous biography and a fascinating portrait of a young nation.”—San Francisco Chronicle “As richly endowed and densely packed as the forests of Audubon’s day.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune “Deftly weaves together the story of the self-taught artist and naturalist…with the development of scientific inquiry in the early years of the republic and the lives of ordinary Americans as the new nation spilled westward over the mountains from the Eastern seaboard.”—Los Angeles Times
The Birds Of America
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Author : John James Audubon
language : en
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Release Date : 2013
The Birds Of America written by John James Audubon and has been published by White Lion Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Artists categories.
'Birds of America' is one of the best known natural history books ever produced and also one of the most valuable - a complete set sold at auction in December 2010 for 7.3 million, which is a world record.
Twelve Audubon Bookmarks
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Author : John James Audubon
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 1993-10-04
Twelve Audubon Bookmarks written by John James Audubon and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-10-04 with Nature categories.
The great American wildlife artist Audubon created images of North American birds that have seldom been surpassed in beauty and aesthetic quality. Here are 12 of these superb illustrations — Carolina wren, mangrove cuckoo, northern oriole, brown creeper, 8 more — each printed in full color on one side of a sturdy bookmark.
The Neil Gaiman Reader
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Author : Neil Gaiman
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-10-20
The Neil Gaiman Reader written by Neil Gaiman and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-20 with Fiction categories.
'This collection is [like] the Beatles' "White Album": massive in size and scope, with individually brilliant pieces presented together because the only context they need is how good they are' MARLON JAMES A captivating collection of fiction from one of the world's most beloved writers, introduced with a foreword by Booker Prize-winning author, Marlon James. With a writer as prolific as Neil Gaiman, where do you begin? Or how do you know what to try next? Spanning his career to date, this collection of ambitious, groundbreaking and endlessly imaginative fiction will be your guide. Curated within this book are nearly fifty of Gaiman's short stories and novellas, interposed with excerpts from his five novels for adults - Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Anansi Boys and The Ocean at the End of the Lane. It is both an entryway to his oeuvre and a literary trove Gaiman fans old and new will return to time and again. Start where it suits you. There aren't any rules. NEIL GAIMAN. WITH STORIES COME POSSIBILITIES.