Author: Miriam E. Mason
Publisher: Young Patriots Series
ISBN: 1882859510
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
As an adult, John Audubon was the best known wildlife artist of the 19th century, and his book, Birds of America, is the standard against which all subsequent bird art has been measured. In this story about the artist's childhood in the West Indies and France, John's love of drawing sends him into the fields and woods near his country house in pursuit of winged models. Games and adventures also beckon: John confronts a ghost in the old water mill tower, presents his friend Cecile with a surprise birthday gift (that goes horribly wrong!), and sails off to seek his fortune in America. Special features include a summary of John's adult accomplishments, fun facts detailing little-known information about him, and a time line of his life.
John Audubon, Young Naturalist
Author: Miriam E. Mason
Publisher: Young Patriots Series
ISBN: 1882859510
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
As an adult, John Audubon was the best known wildlife artist of the 19th century, and his book, Birds of America, is the standard against which all subsequent bird art has been measured. In this story about the artist's childhood in the West Indies and France, John's love of drawing sends him into the fields and woods near his country house in pursuit of winged models. Games and adventures also beckon: John confronts a ghost in the old water mill tower, presents his friend Cecile with a surprise birthday gift (that goes horribly wrong!), and sails off to seek his fortune in America. Special features include a summary of John's adult accomplishments, fun facts detailing little-known information about him, and a time line of his life.
Publisher: Young Patriots Series
ISBN: 1882859510
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
As an adult, John Audubon was the best known wildlife artist of the 19th century, and his book, Birds of America, is the standard against which all subsequent bird art has been measured. In this story about the artist's childhood in the West Indies and France, John's love of drawing sends him into the fields and woods near his country house in pursuit of winged models. Games and adventures also beckon: John confronts a ghost in the old water mill tower, presents his friend Cecile with a surprise birthday gift (that goes horribly wrong!), and sails off to seek his fortune in America. Special features include a summary of John's adult accomplishments, fun facts detailing little-known information about him, and a time line of his life.
Audubon
Author: Peter B. Logan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997228229
Category : Animal painters
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997228229
Category : Animal painters
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Little Naturalists: John James Audubon Painted Birds
Author: Kate Coombs
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1423651510
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Introduces John James Audubon and the work he did painting bird species, detailing their physical characteristics, nests, and eggs.
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 1423651510
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Introduces John James Audubon and the work he did painting bird species, detailing their physical characteristics, nests, and eggs.
This Strange Wilderness
Author: Nancy Plain
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803284012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
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. Through talent and dogged determination, he rose from backwoods obscurity to international fame. In This Strange Wilderness, award-winning author Nancy Plain brings together the amazing story of this American icon's career and the beautiful images that are his legacy. Before Audubon, no one had seen, drawn, or written so much about the animals of this largely uncharted young country. Aware that the wilderness and its wildlife were changing even as he watched, Audubon remained committed almost to the end of his life "to search out the things which have been hidden since the creation of this wondrous world." This Strange Wilderness details his art and writing, transporting the reader back to the frontiers of early nineteenth-century America.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803284012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
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. Through talent and dogged determination, he rose from backwoods obscurity to international fame. In This Strange Wilderness, award-winning author Nancy Plain brings together the amazing story of this American icon's career and the beautiful images that are his legacy. Before Audubon, no one had seen, drawn, or written so much about the animals of this largely uncharted young country. Aware that the wilderness and its wildlife were changing even as he watched, Audubon remained committed almost to the end of his life "to search out the things which have been hidden since the creation of this wondrous world." This Strange Wilderness details his art and writing, transporting the reader back to the frontiers of early nineteenth-century America.
The Birds of America
Author: John James Audubon
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9780565093396
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'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.
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9780565093396
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'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.
The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
Author: John James Audubon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The Naturalist
Author: Darrin P. Lunde
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 030746430X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
"A biography of Theodore Roosevelt focusing on his career as a naturalist, his role as a pioneer for wilderness engagement, and an early advocate for museum building"--
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 030746430X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
"A biography of Theodore Roosevelt focusing on his career as a naturalist, his role as a pioneer for wilderness engagement, and an early advocate for museum building"--
LIFE OF JOHN JAMES AUDUBON THE
Author: John James 1785-1851 Audubon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781374293663
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781374293663
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Audubon at Sea
Author: Christoph Irmscher
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022675667X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
"John James Audubon's paintings of birds are as familiar as they are beautiful. But even among his admirers, many may be surprised to learn that Audubon was a gifted writer. In this one-of-a-kind anthology, Christoph Irmscher and Richard J. King have curated a collection of Audubon's coastal and sea writing, which represent Audubon's most compelling and evocative depictions of the natural world and early nineteenth-century American life. The collection is geographically diverse, bringing to light the variety of people and wildlife Audubon met or observed, pulling from the massive Ornithological Biography (1831-1839) as well as the "Autobiography" and journals. The editors supplement the selections with an instructive introduction and powerful coda, section headnotes, explanatory notes, and an appendix linking Audubon's species to current taxonomy and geographic ranges. The book is lavishly illustrated as well. There is much more in Audubon at Sea than descriptions of birds: we have stories of life aboard ship, of travel in early America and Audubon's work habits, the origins of iconic paintings, and, in the end, the carefully drawn commentary on a flawed and, at best, ambiguous hero"--
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022675667X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
"John James Audubon's paintings of birds are as familiar as they are beautiful. But even among his admirers, many may be surprised to learn that Audubon was a gifted writer. In this one-of-a-kind anthology, Christoph Irmscher and Richard J. King have curated a collection of Audubon's coastal and sea writing, which represent Audubon's most compelling and evocative depictions of the natural world and early nineteenth-century American life. The collection is geographically diverse, bringing to light the variety of people and wildlife Audubon met or observed, pulling from the massive Ornithological Biography (1831-1839) as well as the "Autobiography" and journals. The editors supplement the selections with an instructive introduction and powerful coda, section headnotes, explanatory notes, and an appendix linking Audubon's species to current taxonomy and geographic ranges. The book is lavishly illustrated as well. There is much more in Audubon at Sea than descriptions of birds: we have stories of life aboard ship, of travel in early America and Audubon's work habits, the origins of iconic paintings, and, in the end, the carefully drawn commentary on a flawed and, at best, ambiguous hero"--
The Birds of America
Author: John James Audubon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
This edition has 65 new images, making a total of 500. The original configurations were altered so that there is only one species per plate. The text is a revision of the Ornithological Biography, rearranged according to Audubon's Synopsis of the Birds of North America (1839).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
This edition has 65 new images, making a total of 500. The original configurations were altered so that there is only one species per plate. The text is a revision of the Ornithological Biography, rearranged according to Audubon's Synopsis of the Birds of North America (1839).