Title: Audubon the naturalist
Description: “This work by the professor of biology in Western Reserve university, himself a well-known ornithologist, is the ﬁrst thorough and authoritative biography of the great naturalist whose life was one of the most romantic in American history.”
“The volumes are magniﬁcently illustrated, many of the plates being reproductions in color of Audubon’s drawings. For the reader whose interest in Audubon is scientiﬁc the book is invaluable; the more general reader will find it a fascinating story of tremendous struggle and great achievement”
– The Book Review Digest
“The appendixes contain the complete text of the French documents and a bibliography, comprising a fully annotated list of Audubon’s writings, biographies, criticism, and Auduboniana. An index to the complete work is included in the second volume.”
— A.L.A. Catalog 1926
Subjects: Slavery, History, Ornithologists, Biography, Painters, Artists
Places: Haiti
People: John James Audubon (1785-1851)
Time periods: Revolution, 1791-1804