John James Audubon
The Making of an American
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2006
Summary
John James Audubon came to America as a dapper eighteen-year-old eager to make his fortune. He had a talent for drawing and an interest in birds, and he would spend the next thirty-five years traveling to the remotest regions of his new country-often alone and on foot-to render his avian subjects on paper. The works of art he created gave the world its idea of America. They gave America its idea of itself.
Here Richard Rhodes vividly depicts Audubon’s life and career- his epic wanderi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375713934 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 037571393X |
| Author: | Richard Rhodes |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2006 |
| Weight: | 437g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 132mm x 31mm |
| Audience Age: | 14-18 |
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Critics Review
“Rhodes has managed to do for Audubon what Audubon did for birds… in this splendid biography Rhodes has produced nothing less than a portrait of the United States in its formative years.”
–The New York Times Book Review
“Panoramic yet intensely detailed… .[Rhodes] has conveyed the thrust of his subject’s imagination and the force of his movement as if painting Audubon from life.”
– San Francisco Chronicle
“Rhodes has given us the most three-dimensional portrait yet of Audubon the man.”
—The Washington Post Book World
“More than a mere biography: it is a comprehensive history of a man and his era… . Rhodes breathes life again into the world in which Audubon lived.”
–Los Angeles Times Book Review
About The Author
Richard Rhodes
Richard Rhodes is the author of twenty books, including novels and works of history, journalism and letters. His The Making of the Atomic Bomb won a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award. Dark Sun, about the development of the hydrogen bomb, was one of three finalists for a Pulitzer Prize in History. A Kansas native, he has frequently explored American history and biography in articles for national magazines. He lives in Half Moon Bay, California.
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