ornithologists

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.

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

Presents that part of Audubon's life when he sailed down the Mississippi on a flatboat, along with his assistant Joseph Mason sketching birds along the way.

Traces the life of John James Audubon from his early childhood in France to his career in America and his eventual success as an artist and naturalist.