The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness

by Kenn Kaufman

Book Overview

Renowned naturalist Kenn Kaufman examines the scientific discoveries of John James Audubon and his artistic and ornithologist peers to show how what they saw (and what they missed) reflects how we perceive and understand the natural world.

Raging ambition. Towering egos. Competition under a veneer of courtesy. Heroic effort combined with plagiarism, theft, exaggeration, and fraud. This was the state of bird study in eastern North...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1668007592
• ISBN13: 9781668007594
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.8" x 8.4"