Audubon's Elephant
Subtitle: America's Greatest Naturalist and the Making of The Birds of America
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Published: March 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780805077759
Subjects: Ornithology; Natural History Illustration; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Scientists - General; Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists; Artists, Architects, Photographers; Birds & Birdwatching - General; Nature / Birds & Birdwatching; General
First sentence: WHEN JOHN JAMES AUDUBON came ashore at Liverpool on the morning of Friday, 21 July 1826, after a tedious seven-week voyage from New Orleans aboard the cotton schooner Delos, he soon attracted attention.