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Audubon's "The Birds Of America": A Sesquicentennial Appreciation, David Frederic Tatham
Audubon's "The Birds Of America": A Sesquicentennial Appreciation, David Frederic Tatham
The Courier
This article details the unique copy of John James Audubon's The Birds of America which now resides in Syracuse University's Special Collections. The author describes the backstory and traces the journey of this extremely rare work. Audubon's work continues to stimulate interest in diverse fields in academia, from art history and science to literature.
Audubon/Au-Du-Bon: Man And Artist, Walter Sutton
Audubon/Au-Du-Bon: Man And Artist, Walter Sutton
The Courier
This article highlights some of the works of the legendary work of John James Audubon, drawn from the collection located in Syracuse University's Special Collections. The author gives special attention to the 1820-21 journal of his voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi (which has been preserved intact), the English and Scottish journal of 1826 (also in its original form), and the descriptive sketches of early pioneer life in the Ornithological Biography. These early journal sources dramatically reveal, at first hand, Audubon's long struggle through many failures and obstacles to win the success and recognition he craved and also enduring status …