Publisher's Synopsis
Celebrate the life and art of John James Audubon! This unofficial autobiography, or Chautauqua Style program, uses many passages from Audubon's writings, personal letters and unpublished material, to share an intimate view of the man and his great body of work. Though most only know him as the man who drew birds, he was also a colorful essayist and a brilliant ornithologist who published more than 50 short stories about his travels in the wildest places in America and he wrote more than 2000 pages of detailed science exploring the life story of every bird he painted.Brian "Fox" Ellis has given more than 500 performances as Audubon at Bird Watching Festivals, in science and art museums, at nature centers, schools and libraries. He is the official Audubon for the Audubon State Park in Kentucky and has lead bird watching tours in most of the places where Audubon has lived. He brings this intimate knowledge of the struggles and success of Audubon into these pages and tells the story using Audubon's inimitable style and showmanship. With an adventurous blend of history and natural history, we see first hand his style of drawing birds. The reader is immersed in Audubon's world. This book includes several of Audubon's 'ornithological biographies' including the hummingbird, white pelican and passenger pigeon. It also includes a few of his more insightful 'Delineations of American Scenery'.This book is part of a growing series of live performances available as audio-books, video, ebooks, and print on demand paperbacks. Look for other books in the History In Person series. Subscribe to the Fox Tales International podcast and YouTube channel to collect all of these unauthorized autobiographies. www.foxtalesint.com
