Summary
Artist, writer, naturalist, and frontiersman John James Audubon explored America's wilderness during the early 19th century, observing and recording the wonders he found there. From the Kentucky frontier to the Mississippi bayou to the icy coast of Labrador, he took his sketchbook and journal with him wherever he went. His collected paintings, Birds of America, became one of the nation's greatest works of art and natural history. His journals document an era when American's forests still teemed with ivory-billed woodpeckers, Carolina parrots, passenger pigeons, and other species now extinct. Audubon was the first to sound the alarm over the destruction of the wilderness. Today, the Audubon Society, founded in his name, serves as his legacy, educating people about the value of biological diversity throughout the world. Readers will explore the illustrated world of John James Audubon in this colorful new volume.
Specifications
Full-color photographs and illustrations. Sidebars. Further resources. Web sites. Glossary. Index.
About the Author(s)
Patrice Sherman has written both fiction and nonfiction for young readers. She was a history major at Mount Holyoke College and has worked for many years as an archivist for a variety of libraries and museums. In her spare time, she likes to watch birds at Fresh Pond Reservation, which is only a few blocks from her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.