Francis Hobart HerrickVerified

Herrick's two-volume biography reclaims John James Audubon as more than a bird painter, revealing him as a naturalist, entrepreneur, and visionary whose obsessive pursuit of perfect ornithological documentation drove him across a continent. This scholarly work restores the man beneath the romantic legend of America's greatest wildlife artist.

The first of two volumes on the life of the bird artist and naturalist John James Audubon. It opens by describing the mystery around his early years, the author's research, and discoveries in France about his family and his father.