audubon, john james

Chronicles the life of John James Audubon, discussing his emigration to New York from France, his marriage to a wellborn English girl, travels across the Appalachians, observations of wilderness birds, creation of his famous book "The Birds of America", and other related topics.

Celeste, a mouse longing for a real home, becomes a source of inspiration to teenaged Joseph, assistant to the artist and naturalist John James Audubon, at a New Orleans, Louisiana, plantation in 1821.

John James Audubon, living in Pennsylvania far from his home and father in France, continues his obsession with birds, and comes up with the idea of banding the legs of his pewee bird friends to see if they will return in the spring to the nests they abandoned in the fall.

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

A biography of the nineteenth-century ornithologist, naturalist, and artist famous for his accurate paintings of birds and animals.

Chronicles the life of John James Audubon, discussing his emigration to New York from France, his marriage to a wellborn English girl, travels across the Appalachians, observations of wilderness birds, creation of his famous book "The Birds of America", and other related topics.

Uses quotes from his journals to help explore Audubon's decision to follow his dream to paint every bird species in North America.

Examines the noted artist whose passion for American birds dominated his life and his work.

Celeste, a mouse longing for a real home, becomes a source of inspiration to teenaged Joseph, assistant to the artist and naturalist John James Audubon, at a New Orleans, Louisiana, plantation in 1821.

Audubon's young apprentice describes the experiences he shared with his master during their eighteen month trip down the Mississippi studying and drawing the birds they found along the way.