John James Audubon's Journal of 1826 - 9780803225312

John James Audubon's Journal of 1826The Voyage to the Birds of America\nAuthor(s): John James Audubon, Daniel Patterson, John R. Knott, Daniel Patterson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9780803225312, 978-0803225312\nSynopsis\nJohn James Audubon, an early American naturalist and painter, produced one of the greatest works of natural history and art of the nineteenth century, The Birds of America. As the record of the interior story of the making of this monumental work, his journal of 1826 is one of the richest documents in the history of American culture.\nThe first accurate transcription of Audubon's 1826 journal, this edition corrects many of the errors, both intentional and unintentional, found in previous editions. Such errors have obscured the figure of Audubon as a man struggling to realize his professional and artistic dreams. When Audubon embarked for Liverpool from New Orleans in 1826,.