John James Audubon: The Nature of the American Woodsman

by Gregory Nobles

Book Overview

John James Audubon's The Birds of America stands as an unparalleled achievement in American art, a huge book that puts nature dramatically on the page. With that work, Audubon became one of the most adulated artists of his time, and America's first celebrity scientist.

In this fresh approach to Audubon's art and science, Gregory Nobles shows us that Audubon's greatest creation was himself. A self-made man incessantly striving to secure...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812248945
• ISBN13: 9780812248944
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"