Francis Hobart Herrick’s two-volume biography of John James Audubon (1785–1851) is the standard scholarly life of the French-American naturalist and artist who produced The Birds of America, one of the most celebrated natural history publications in history. Volume 2 covers Audubon’s major expeditions, the publication of his monumental works, and his enduring legacy in American natural history and art.
Drawing on extensive archival research, Herrick’s biography is both a life story and a history of nineteenth-century American science. Download this free EPUB for an authoritative account of a remarkable naturalist and artist.