John James Audubon: The Making of an American
- ISBN-10
- 037571393X
- ISBN-13
- 9780375713934
- Series
- John James Audubon
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 514
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Richard Rhodes
Description
A biography of artist John James Audubon offers a study of his private life, detailing his arrival in America from France in 1803, his life in frontier Kentucky, and his extraordinary images of native American wildlife.
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