John James Audubon: The Making of an American
- ISBN-10
- 0375414126
- ISBN-13
- 9780375414121
- Series
- John James Audubon
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 514
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Authors
- John James, Richard Rhodes
Description
From the historian Richard Rhodes, the first major biography of John James Audubon in forty years, and the first to illuminate fully the private and family life of the master illustrator of the natural world.
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- 2022-03-15
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- 2017-03-07
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