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By Plain, Nancy2002., Pre-adolescent, Benchmark Books Call No: 944.04 PLA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rulers and their timesSummary Note: The story of the French Revolution and the rulers who were dethroned.
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By Plain, Nancy2015., University of Nebraska Press Thumbnail cover image Sample Summary Note: Birds were "the objects of my greatest delight," wrote John James Audubon (1785–1851), founder of modern ornithology and one of the world's greatest bird painters. His masterpiece, The Birds of America depicts almost five hundred North American bird species, each image—lifelike and life size—rendered in vibrant color. Audubon was also an explorer, a woodsman, a hunter, an entertaining and prolific writer, and an energetic self-promoter. Through talent and dogged determination, he rose from backwoods obscurity to international fame.In This Strange Wilderness, award-winning author Nancy Plain brings together the amazing story of this American icon's career and the beautiful images that are his legacy. Before Audubon, no one had seen, drawn, or written so much about the animals of this largely uncharted young country. Aware that the wilderness and its wildlife were changing even as he watched, Audubon remained committed almost to the end of his life "to...
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-- Life and art of John James AudubonBy Plain, Nancy[2015], University of Nebraska Press Call No: B Audubon Audubon Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Examines the life and art of ornithologist John James Audubon. Features color reproductions throughout.
