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John James Audubon's Journal of 1826 - The Voyage to The Birds of America (Hardcover)
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John James Audubon's Journal of 1826 - The Voyage to The Birds of America (Hardcover)
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John James Audubon, an early American naturalist and painter,
produced one of the greatest works of natural history and art of
the nineteenth century, The Birds of America. As the record of the
interior story of the making of this monumental work, his journal
of 1826 is one of the richest documents in the history of American
culture.  The first accurate transcription of Audubon’s
1826 journal, this edition corrects many of the errors, both
intentional and unintentional, found in previous editions. Such
errors have obscured the figure of Audubon as a man struggling to
realize his professional and artistic dreams. When Audubon embarked
for Liverpool from New Orleans in 1826, he carried with him more
than 250 of his watercolor drawings in a heavy case, a packet of
letters of introduction, and many a good reason to believe that he
was a fool to be gambling his family’s fortunes on so risky and
grandiose a venture. These journal entries, conveying with energy
and emotion Audubon’s experience of risking everything on a
dream—“Oh, America, Wife, Children and acquaintances,
Farewell!”—document an American icon’s transformation from a
beleaguered backwoods artist and naturalist to the man who would
become America’s premier ornithologist, illustrator of birds, and
nature essayist.
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