Audubon: a biography

Abstract

A biography of the great naturalist, explorer, and artist, illustrated with reproductions of his original watercolors and engravings from published editions of his works.

Contents

West Indian background -- Revolutionary childhood -- Marriage and the Louisville venture -- Failure in business -- Birth of the great idea -- Mississippi wanderings -- An odd-fish in England -- The biographer of birds -- The wild coasts of Labrador -- America, my country.