Audubon's Elephant
Subtitle: America's Greatest Naturalist and the Making of The Birds of America
Edition: 1 Amer ed edition
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.; H. Holt
Published: April 12, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780805075687
Subjects: Europe; Scientists - General; Biography/Autobiography; Biography; United States; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists; Naturalists; Birds & Birdwatching - General; Biography & Autobiography / General; Audubon, John James,; Travel; Artists, Architects, Photographers; 1785-1851
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.