Audubon's Elephant: America's Greatest Naturalist and the Making of The Birds of America.AUDUBON'S ELEPHANT: America's Greatest Naturalist and the Making of The Birds of America DUFF HART-DAVIS Peter Duff Hart-Davis (born 1936), generally known as Duff Hart-Davis, is a British biographer, naturalist and journalist, who writes for the The Independent newspaper. He is married to Phyllida Barstow and has one son and one daughter. Even 150 years after his death, the name John James
John James (c 1673- 15 May 1746) was an architect particularly associated with Twickenham in west London, where he rebuilt St. Mary's Church and built the house for Hon. Audubon is synonymous with synonymous with adjective equivalent to, the same as, identical to, similar to, identified with, equal to, tantamount to, interchangeable with, one and the same as birds. This is because of his folio of life-size prints of 435 bird species found in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Known as an elephant folio on account of its size, The Birds of America is the most celebrated ornithological or·ni·thol·o·gy n. The branch of zoology that deals with the study of birds. or  ni·tho·log work ever published. Today single prints from dismembered copies are sold at auction for $100,000. In this biography, Hart-Davis focuses on the years between 1826 and 1838, when Audubon was working to get his portfolio published. Unable to find backing in the United States, Audubon traveled to England and Europe several times appealing to find subscribers and funding. Hart-Davis follows Audubon on those journeys and details his encounters with potential patrons and an adoring public. Drawing from Audubon's journals and letters, the author shows how this Kentucky woodsman's energy and persistence rewarded him with unlikely success abroad. Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2003. H Holt Co, 2004, 288 p., color/b&w photos/illus., hardcover, $27.50.
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