Audubon the Naturalist, Vol. 2 of 2
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Excerpt from Audubon the Naturalist, Vol. 2 of 2: A History of His Life and Time Sidelights on Audubon and His Contemporaries; What was a Quinarian? - Controversy over the Authorship of the Ornithological Biography - Audubon´s quaint proposal - Swainson´s reply - Friendship suffers a check - species-mongers - Hitting at one over the shoulders of another - Swainson as a biographer - His career - Bonaparte´s grievance - A fortune in ornithology - Labors of John Gould and his relations with Audubon - The freemasonry of naturalists; Audubon and MacGillivray; In London once more - MacGillivray´s assistance continued - Return to Edinburgh - MacGillivray´s character and accomplishments - Audubon´s acknowledgments - Tributes of "Christopher North" - Results of overwork - Fusillades from "Walton Hall" - Progress of the large plates; Third American Tour, 1836-1837; In New York harbor - Collections from the Far West - Audubon´s efforts to secure them - Return to Boston - Friendship of Daniel Webster - Renewed efforts to obtain the Nuttall-Townsend collections - Expedition to the west coast of Florida - Deferred governmental aid - Another winter with Bachman - Overland journey to New Orleans - On board the Crusader - Mistaken for pirates - With Harris and his son explores the Gulf coast - The Republic of Texas - Visit to its capital and president - Meeting in Chalreston - Marriage of his son - Their return to England; Audubon´s Greatest Triumph; Extension of his work - Financial panic and revolt of patrons - New western collections - His "book of Nature" completed - Worn on the letterpress in Edinburgh - Vacation in the Highlands - Commissions About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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