The Birds That Audubon Missed - Kenn Kaufman

#ads Stream any unabridged audiobook of your choice with premium access by starting your trial on:https://booksreader.space/al-1970/Title: The Birds That Audubon Missed Author: Kenn Kaufman Narrator: Mack Sanderson Format: mp3 Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins Release date: 05-07-24 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 27 ratings Genres: Art & Literature Publisher's Summary: Raging ambition. Towering egos. Competition under a veneer of courtesy. Heroic effort combined with plagiarism, theft, exaggeration, and fraud. This was the state of bird study in eastern North America during the early 1800s, as a handful of intrepid men raced to find the last few birds that were still unknown to science. The most famous name in the bird world was John James Audubon, who painted spectacular portraits of birds. But although his images were beautiful, creating art was not his main goal. Instead, he aimed to illustrate (and write about) as many different species as possible.