Audubon: Painter of Birds in the Wild Frontier

Audubon: Painter of Birds in the Wild Frontier
ISBN-10
0810942380
ISBN-13
9780810942387
Series
Audubon
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
40
Language
English
Published
2003-03-01
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Author
Jennifer Armstrong

Description

Briefly tells the story of this nineteenth-century painter and naturalist who is most famous for his detailed paintings of birds.

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