Under a Wild Sky
Subtitle: John James Audubon and the Making of The Birds of America
Publisher: North Point Press, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: June 16, 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780865476714
Subjects: Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists; Scientists; Biography/Autobiography; Ornithology; United States; Biography & Autobiography; Bibles; Ornithologists; Birds & Birdwatching - General; Nature / Animals; Audubon, John James,; Scientists - General; Artists, Architects, Photographers; 1785-1851; Biography
First sentence: On a fine spring afternoon in 1824, the daily coach from Pittsburgh swayed down the turnpike toward Philadelphia, the team moving easily on the smooth, macadamized lane.
Table of contents: title: Part one : Audubon and Wilson.; title: Philadelphia; title: Coming across; title: A name for every living thing; title: Lessons; title: A beautiful plantation; title: The forester; title: The exquisite river; title: Mr. Wilson's decade; title: Part two : The Birds of America.; title: At the Red Banks; title: Kentucky home; title: Legions of the air; title: Ever since a boy; title: Edinburgh; title: Dearest friend; title: My great work; title: After