Audubon's Elephant: The Story of John James Audubon's Epic Struggle to Publish the Birds of America - Brossura

Hart-Davis, Duff

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ISBN 10: 1841882429 ISBN 13: 9781841882420

Casa editrice: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, 2004

Riassunto

Illegitimate, half-French, half-American, poorly educated, chronically short of money and obsessed with birds, Audubon came to England in 1826 to find a publisher for his extraordinary paintings. He insisted that they must be reproduced on double-elephant folio paper - sheets almost 40 inches by 30 - so that even the largest species could be represented life size, and no-one in America had been prepared to tackle such a gigantic task. With his dramatic good looks and flamboyant Woodsman's clothes he attracted attention wherever he went.

Drawing on Audubon's journals, letters to his wife and the archives of the families with whom he stayed and worked, Duff Hart-Davis recreates Audubon's twelve years in Britain in search of patrons and publishers. It is an extraordinary story of an obsessive genius and his observations of people, places and events in early nineteenth century England and Scotland.

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Descrizione del libro:

The unlikely story of how the most famous work on birds came into being

L'autore:

Duff Hart-Davis is a writer and journalist. His books include Fauna Britannica and Audubon's Elephant. He was Literary Editor and Assistant Editor of the Sunday Telegraph and was been country columnist for The Independent 1986-2001. He lives and farms in Gloucestershire.

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• Editore: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1841882429
• ISBN 13: 9781841882420
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192