1785-1851

Provides an overview of the life of John James Audubon, discussing his childhood in Haiti and France, move to the United States, business and artistic ventures, conservation efforts, legacy, and more.

A biography of ornithologist, naturalist, and painter John James Audubon.

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

Fourteen-year-old Doug Swieteck faces many challenges, including an abusive father, a brother traumatized by Vietnam, suspicious teachers and police officers, and isolation, but when he meets a girl known as Lil Spicer, he develops a close relationship with her and finds a safe place at the local library.

Provides an illustrated biography of the renowned American naturalist and artist John James Audubon, revealing his life's work studying and drawing the birds of the world.

"At the start of the 19th century, John James Audubon embarked upon an ... ornithological quest across America with nothing but his artist's materials, an assistant and a gun. Driving him on through terrible storms, encounters with ferocious bears and dangerous people, Audubon's all-consuming passion for birds came to define his entire life--but what would the world make of his expressive and distinctly unscientific illustrations upon his return?"--Back cover.

A biography of ornithologist, naturalist, and painter John James Audubon.

Examines the life of John James Audubon, and tells the story of his long struggle against the scientific establishment to gain recognition for his lifelike paintings of birds.

Describes how in the 1830's riverman Henry Shreve cleared the Red River of a centuries-old, 200 mile logjam with his iron snagboat, thus opening the way for steamboats to Texas.