Under a Wild Sky : John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America

English

ISBN: 0865477264

EAN: 9780865477261

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Release Date: 07/01/2005

Synopsis: In the century and a half since John James Audubons death, his name has become synonymous with wildlife conservation and natural history. But few people know what a complicated figure he was-or the dramatic story behind The Birds of America.

Awards: PEN Center USA West Literary Awards – null  PEN Center USA West Literary Awards – null 

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Under a Wild Sky : John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.03 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.4 inches

Weight: 11.71 oz

Pages: 367