This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon

by Nancy Plain

Book Overview

Birds were "the objects of my greatest delight," wrote John James Audubon (1785-1851), founder of modern ornithology and one of the world's greatest bird painters. His masterpiece, The Birds of America depicts almost five hundred North American bird species, each image--lifelike and life size--rendered in vibrant color. Audubon was also an explorer, a woodsman, a hunter, an entertaining and prolific writer, and an energetic self-promoter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803248849
• ISBN13: 9780803248847
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 4 and higher