Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America buckeye state The Fox and the Stork

The Fox and the Stork

"You are never alone in this great work of friendship

Katie and Pablo

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Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America buckeye state The Fox and the StorkFINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE In the century and a half since John James Audubon's death, his name has become synonymous with wildlife conservation and natural history. But few people know what a complicated figure he was or the dramatic story behind The Birds of America as told in this "superb introduction to the artist and the man" (New York Times). Before Audubon, ornithological illustrations depicted scaled down birds perched in static poses.