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AUDUBON BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Audubon & Associates, Bibliography

Adams, Alexander B. John James Audubon, a Biography. New York. 1966.
Arthur, Stanley Audubon, an Intimate Life of the American Woodsman. Harmanson. New Orlenas. 1937
Audubon, J. J. The Birds of North America. Havell. London. 1827-1838
  Delineations of American Scenery and Character. (selections from Ornith. Biogrpahy.) Baker & Co. NY. 1926.
  Ornithological Biography. 5 vols. Black. Edinburgh. 1831-1839. [much was written by Macgillivray]. A later reprint by Volair Books. NY. 1979.
  Watercolors for Birds of America. Villard. NY. [Ed. By Annette Blaugrund and Theodore Stebbins] This is largely from collection owned by New York Historical Society, many bought from Lucy Audubon when she was broke. This book also gives current names for species shown, including some that were mistakes or might be extinct.
Audubon, J. J. & Bachman, Rev. John The Quadrupeds of North America. 3 vols. NY. 1851-1854. (ed. By V. G. Audubon)
  The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. 3 vols. NY. 1845-1848.
Audubon, Maria (ed) Audubon and His Journals. 2 vols. Dover. NY. 1960. With contributions by Elliott Coues.
Bachman C. L. (ed) John Bachman, D.D., LL.D., Ph.D. Walker, Evans & Cogswell. Charleston, S.C. 1888.
Buchanan, Robert The Life and Adventures of Audubon the Naturalist. New York. 1864.
Clement, Roland The Living World of Audubon. Grosset & Dunlap. NY. 1974
Corning, Howard (ed) The Journal of John James Audubon Made During His Trip to New Orleans in 1820-21. Boston. 1929
Durant, Mary & Harwood, M. On the Road with John James Audubon. New York. 1980.
Ford, Alice (ed) The Bird Biographies of John James Audubon. Macmillan. NY. 1957.
  John James Audubon. Univ.of Oklahoma. Norman. 1965.
Fries, Waldemar The Double Elephant Folio, the Story of Audubon's Birds of America. Chicago. 1973.
Grasustein, Jeannette Thomas Nuttall, Naturalist. Explorations in America, 1808-1841. Harvard. Cambridge, Ma. 1967.
Herrick, Francis H. Audubon the Naturalist, a History of His Life and Times. 2 vols. New York. 1917.
Lindsey, Alton The Bicentennial of John James Audubon. Indiana Univ. Bloomington. 1985.
McDermott, J. F. (ed) Up the Missouri with Audubon. The Journal of Edward Harris. Univ. of Oklahoma. Norman. 1951
Peterson, Roger and Marie Audubon's Birds of America. The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio. New York. 1981. Includes fine introduction by Peterson on his artistic progenitors.
Ralph, Robert William MacGillivray. Natural History Museum. London. 1993
Schuler, Jay Had I the Wings—The Friendship of Bachman & Audubon. Georgia. Athens, Ga. 1995. Includes letters.
Teale, Edwin Way Audubon's Wildlife. With selections from the writings of J. J. Audubon. Viking. NY. 1964.

General Reference

Evans, Howard E. Pioneer Naturalists. Henry Holt. NY. 1993. Discovery & naming of North American plants and animals.
Farber, Paul L. Discovering Birds. Emergence of Ornithology as a Scientific Discipline, 1760-1850. Johns Hopkins. Baltimore. 1997.
Gibbons, Felton & Strom, Deborah Neighbors to the Birds. A History of Birdwatching in America. Norton. NY. 1988.
Kastner, Joseph A Species of Eternity. Knopf. NY. 1977.
Kastner A World of Watchers. Knopf. NY. 1986. Informal history of American birding.
Mearns, Barbara & Richard Audubon to Xantus, Lives of Those Commemorated in North American Bird Names. Academic Press. San Diego. 1992.
Sprunt, Alexander & Chamberlain, E. B. South Carolina Bird Life. Univ. of S.C. Columbia. 1949. Includes fine drawings by Peterson and Jacques.

 

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