![]() | The Missouri River Journals of John James Audubon Subjects: Audubon John James 17851851 -- Diaries; Audubon John James 17851851 -- Travel -- Missouri River Valley; Scientific expeditions -- Missouri River Valley -- History -- 19th century; Naturalists -- United States -- Diaries; Wildlife artists -- United S; Historians, biographers, and scholars of John James Audubon and natural history have long been mystified by Audubon's 1843 Missouri River expedition, for his journals of the trip were thought to have been destroyed by his granddaughter Maria Rebecca Audubon. Daniel Patterson is the first scholar to locate and assemble three important fragments of the 1843 Missouri River journals, and here he offers a stunning transcription and critical edition of Audubon's last journey through the American West. The Missouri River Journals of John James Audubon is the definitive presentation of America's most famous naturalist on his last expedition and assesses Audubon's actual environmental ethic amid his conflicted relationship with the natural world he so admired and depicted in his iconic works. John James Audubon (1785-1851) is one of America's premiere wildlife artists. His book The Birds of America is considered one of the greatest picture books ever produced, and his monumental The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America has been hailed as an American classic. Daniel Patterson is a professor of English at Central Michigan University. He is the author and editor of several books, including John James Audubon's Journal of 1826: The Voyage to "The Birds of America" (Nebraska, 2011) and Early American Nature Writers: A Biographical Encyclopedia . |
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