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A Summer of Birds John James Audubon at Oakley House

Author(s)

Danny Heitman

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9780807173695, 9780807172933, 9780807173688

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LSU Press

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PDF and EPUB

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Over the summer of 1821, a cash-strapped John James Audubon worked as a tutor at Oakley Plantation in Louisiana’s rural West Feliciana Parish. This move initiated a profound change in direction for the struggling artist. Oakley’s woods teemed with life, galvanizing Audubon to undertake one of the most extraordinary endeavors in the annals of art: a comprehensive pictorial record of America’s birds. That summer, Audubon began what would eventually become his four-volume opus, Birds of America.

In A Summer of Birds, Danny Heitman recounts the season that shaped Audubon’s destiny, sorting facts from romance to give an intimate view of the world’s most famous bird artist. A new preface marks the two-­hundredth anniversary of that eventful interlude, reflecting on Audubon’s enduring legacy among artists, aesthetes, and nature lovers in Louisiana and around the world.

Availability: In Stock

A Summer of Birds John James Audubon at Oakley House

SKU: 9780807173688

Original price was: $19.95.Current price is: $4.99.

Access A Summer of Birds John James Audubon at Oakley House Now. Discount up to 90%

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Additional information

Full Title

A Summer of Birds John James Audubon at Oakley House

Author(s)

Danny Heitman

Edition
ISBN

9780807173688, 9780807172933, 9780807173695

Publisher

LSU Press

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

Over the summer of 1821, a cash-strapped John James Audubon worked as a tutor at Oakley Plantation in Louisiana’s rural West Feliciana Parish. This move initiated a profound change in direction for the struggling artist. Oakley’s woods teemed with life, galvanizing Audubon to undertake one of the most extraordinary endeavors in the annals of art: a comprehensive pictorial record of America’s birds. That summer, Audubon began what would eventually become his four-volume opus, Birds of America.

In A Summer of Birds, Danny Heitman recounts the season that shaped Audubon’s destiny, sorting facts from romance to give an intimate view of the world’s most famous bird artist. A new preface marks the two-­hundredth anniversary of that eventful interlude, reflecting on Audubon’s enduring legacy among artists, aesthetes, and nature lovers in Louisiana and around the world.