Rafting down the Mississippi with two companions, Audubon is beached because of a storm. While the others concentrate on solving their problems, Audubon is enrapt by the hundreds of birds.
John James Audubon; Luck Bakewell Audubon; Mr. Berthoud; Joseph; Shogan; Alexander Wilson; people of Louisville
Synopsis
Audubon tries by fits and starts to provide for his family, but is imprisoned for debt. His obsession for the wilderness, and for preserving it in paint, exasperate even his companions and his loved ones.
John James Audubon; Lucy Bakewell Audubon; Joseph; Shogan; loggers; women; Native Americans; Alexander Wilson; thieves; Nicholas
Synopsis
Audubon is taken gravely ill on his journeys through the forest, protected by his companions and by American Indians. Even while ill, and even when left almost alone after his recovery, he continues his seemingly endless quest to paint all the birds of America.
Ah, Audubon! I must say it's a very good likeness.
Genre
biography
Characters
John James Audubon; Lucy Bakewell Audubon; Joseph; Mr. Bakewell; scientists; Alexander Wilson; escaped slaves; Dr. Provan
Synopsis
Audubon meets little enthusiasm for his work, but drives himself almost to death completing it. Having documented as many birds as possible, he plans a journey to Great Britain in search of a publisher.