Read This Strange Wilderness: The Life and Art of John James Audubon Online
Authors: Nancy Plain
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: Pelican Publishing, 2000.
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Audubon in the West
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—.
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. Volumes 1–5. Memphis: General Books, 2012.
—.
Writings and Drawings
. Edited by Christopher Irmscher. New York: The Library of America, 1999.
Audubon, Maria R.
Audubon and His Journals
. 2 vols. New York: Dover Publications, 1994.
Chancellor, John.
Audubon
. New York: Viking Press, 1978.
Corning, Howard, ed.
Letters of John James Audubon,
1826
–
1840. 2 vols. Boston: The Club of Odd Volumes, 1930; New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969.
Ford, Alice.
John James Audubon
. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964.
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John James Audubon
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Herrick, Francis Hobart.
Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time
. 2 vols. New York: Dover Publications, 1968.
Olson, Roberta J. M.
Audubon’s Aviary: The Original Watercolors for “The Birds of America
.
”
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. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986.
Streshinsky, Shirley.
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. New York: Villard Books, 1993.
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Collection of The New-York Historical Society (1863.17.211). Digital images created by Oppenheimer Editions.
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Collection of The New-York Historical Society (1863.17.211). Digital images created by Oppenheimer Editions.
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Tyler Collection, John James Audubon Museum, in Henderson, Kentucky.
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Collection of The New-York Historical Society (1863.18.7). Digital images created by Oppenheimer Editions.
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Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 20 x 30 inches. Godel & Co., New York; photographer: Allan Tarantino.
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Photo by Denis Finnin. Image # 1498, American Museum of Natural History.
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From the Archives of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University.
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Collection of The New-York Historical Society (1863.17.406). Digital images created by Oppenheimer Editions.
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John James Audubon Museum in Henderson, Kentucky.
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John James Audubon Museum in Henderson, Kentucky.
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Photo by Denis Finnin. Image # 1822, American Museum of Natural History, Library.
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Oppenheimer Field Museum Edition (plate 52), courtesy of Oppenheimer Editions.
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Fort Union On The Missouri, Karl Bodmer, Aquatint/Engraving, ca. 1839–49, Montana Historical Society, X1970. 27. 09.
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All page numbers in the index refer to the print edition.
Page numbers in italic indicate illustrations.
Academy of Natural Sciences,
48
,
72
America.
See
Audubon, John J.
American bison or buffalo,
83
,
84
American Ornithology
,
18
.
See also
Wilson, Alexander
Atlantic puffin,
73
Audubon, John J.: and arrest for debts,
29
; and arrival in America,
9
–13; and
Birds of America, The
,
49
–60; birth of,
1
; as businessman,
13
–16; and change of name,
10
; death of,
86
; education of,
5
–6; and final journey to America,
74
–75; and first journey to America,
7
; and influence on ornithology,
88
–89; and inspiration for “Great Idea,”
30
; and Mississippi River travels,
29
–36; portrait of,
53
; and return to United States,
61
; and time in Louisiana,
36
–48.
See also
marriage
Audubon, John (Johnny) Woodhouse,
23
,
62
Audubon, Lucy,
26
; and arrival in New Orleans,
44
; and Audubon’s return to United States,
62
; and founding of Audubon Society,
89
Audubon, Rose,
1
Audubon, Victor Gifford,
23
,
62
; birth of,
17
Audubon Society,
89
Bakewell, Lucy.
See
Audubon, Lucy; marriage
Bakewell, Tom,
12
; business partnership with,
23
Bakewell, William,
13
bankruptcy, declaration of,
29
Berthoud, Nicholas,
29
birds.
See
individual species
Birds & Plants
,
44
Birds of America, The
,
30
,
36
,
49
–60; final publication of,
74
; and influence on ornithology,
88
–89; and
Octavo
edition,
75
; production of,
61
–73; subscribers to,
57
.
See also
Great Idea: inspiration for
black chalk drawings,
29
blue jay,
41
blue-winged teal,
91
Bonaparte, Charles Lucien,
46
Bonaparte’s gull,
28
camera lucida,
75
Carolina parrot (Alexander Wilson),
35
Clark, William,
50
classification of species,
13
Clay, Henry,
32
cliff swallow,
31
Columbus
,
60
common American wildcat,
78
cuckoo,
36
.
See also
black-billed cuckoo
dissection techniques,
13
d’Orbigny, Dr. Charles,
13
Drake, Daniel,
30
drawing: of bird anatomy,
19
; with black chalk,
29
; during childhood,
2
; teaching,
35
duc d’Orléans,
60
Dung Hill,
72
engravings,
55
Fatland Ford,
12
Florida Keys,
66
Fort Union
ND
,
81
France, travels to,
60
general store,
16
; loss of,
26
–27; moves to Henderson
KY
,
20
.
See also
Audubon, John J.: as businessman
great egret,
37
great horned owl,
51
Great Idea: inspiration for,
30
; praise for,
60
Great Pine Forest
PA
,
62
Grinnell, George Bird,
89
Haiti,
1
Harrison, William Henry,
32
Henderson
KY
: move of general store to,
20
; and steam mill,
26
; success in,
23
Houston, Sam,
71
hunting,
9
; Audubon and ,
32
; of buffalo,
84
; of passenger pigeons,
24
–26
Indians: attack on,
22
; contact with,
79
,
80
ivory-billed woodpecker,
33
Jefferson, Thomas,
13
Kentucky,
13
; Henderson,
20
–26; move to,
16
kingfisher,
10
–11.
See also
position boards
Last of the Mohicans, The
,
52
Lehman, George,
65
Linnaeus, Carl,
18
Lizars, William,
52
; engravings of,
57
London,
57
Louisiana, time in,
36
–48.
See also
New Orleans
LA
; Oakley plantation
Louisville
KY
,
16
lunatic moments,
60
MacGillivray, William,
65
mammals,
75
–81
marriage: to Lucy Bakewell approved,
16
; to Lucy Bakewell denied,
13
marsh wren,
4
Mississippi River,
20
; Flyway,
33
,
40
; traveling on,
29
–36
Nantes, France,
2
naturalists: artists as,
42
; golden age of,
50
naval academy (Rochefort, France),
5
–6
New Madrid earthquakes,
24
New Orleans
LA
,
33
,
35
; Audubon’s return to,
44
; Lucy’s arrival in,
44
New York City,
76
northern bobwhite,
47
northern gannet,
69
northern hare,
76
Nuttall, Thomas,
72
Oakley plantation,
39
Octavo
edition
(The Birds of America)
,
75
Omega
steamboat trip,
77
–81
Ornithological Biography
,
64
,
65
,
72
,
74
ornithology:
American Ornithology
,
18
; contribution to,
9
,
88
–89
Pirrie, Eliza,
36
; Audubon as tutor to,
39
–44
Pirrie, James,
36
portraits: of John J. Audubon,
53
; selling,
29
,
35
,
46
position boards,
10
“Prairie, The,”
22
Queen Bee (Mrs. William Rathbone, Sr.),
50
Rabin, Jean-Jacques,
1
.
See also
Audubon, John J.
Rabin, Jeanne (mother),
1
rambling: early love of,
2
; in Kentucky,
17
.
See also
expeditions
Rathbone, Mrs. William, Sr.,
50
red-shouldered hawk,
47
Ripley
(ship),
68
roseate spoonbill,
66
ruby-throated hummingbird,
xx
swift fox,
79
taxidermy,
65
taxonomy,
13
; Carl Linnaeus, founder of modern,
18
Townsend, John,
72
trumpeter swan,
21
Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, The
,
75
,
77
–86,
85
warbler,
36
Ward, Henry,
65
Waterton, Charles,
72
wildcat.
See
common American wildcat
Wilson, Alexander,
18
,
30
; criticism of,
46
yellow fever,
62