A Summer of Birds : John James Audubon at Oakley House /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heitman, Danny, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2008]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Audubon, John James, > 1785-1851.
Audubon, John James, > 1785-1851 > Homes and haunts > Louisiana > Oakley Plantation.
Ornithologists.
Homes.
Animal painters.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Artists, Architects, Photographers.
Peintres animaliers > États-Unis > Biographies.
Ornithologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
Animal painters > United States > Biography.
Ornithologists > United States > Biography.
United States.
Louisiana > Oakley Plantation.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Audubon's Writings; A Summer of Birds; Notes; Bibliography; A Note about Audubon's Birds of America.

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