Commonwealth of wings : an ornithological biography based on the life of John James Audubon / Pamela Alexander.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Alexander, Pamela, 1948-

Contributor:

• Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
• Ornithologists--United States--Biography.
• Ornithologists.
• Animal painters.
• United States.
• Animal painters--United States--Biography.

Genre:

• Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

• Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

60 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Hanover, N.H. : University Press of New England, [1991]

Summary:

A combination of poetry, nature writing, and biography in one book-length "persona-poem."Combining the best of poetry, nature writing, and biography, Pamela Alexander in her book-length "persona-poem" brings to life John James Audubon and a world not yet aware of nature's limits. She distills the essence of this remarkable naturalist-artist and gives him voice to tell his life's story in fragments of letters, journal entries, actual vignettes and lyrical passages, Captivating and accessible, her poem reads with the authority of autobiography, the dramatic coherence of a novel, and the evocative clarity of an Audubon print. The reader, briefly transported to the natural world of America a century and a half ago, cannot help but contrast its condition today and feel a poignant sense of loss.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 60).

ISBN:

• 0819521914
• 9780819521910
• 0819511935
• 9780819511935

OCLC:

22707810