The Creation by Ernst Haas

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The Creation by Ernst Haas

Running two steps ahead of the bailiff, alternately praised and reviled, John James Audubon set himself the audacious task of drawing, from nature, every bird in North America. The result was his masterpiece, The Birds of America. In June 1833, partway through his mission, he enlisted his son, Captain Bayfield of the Royal Navy, and a party of young gentlemen to set sail for nesting grounds no ornithologist had ever seen, in the treacherous passage between Newfoundland and Labrador. Creation explores the short, stormy summer throughout which the captain became the artist's foil, measuring stick, and the recipient of his long-held secrets. It is an exploration of that fateful expedition, a probing and imaginative narrative that fills in a gap in the visionary naturalist's well-documented life.
Haas, Ernst: - Ernst Haas (1924-2003) was Robson Research Professor of Government at the University of California, Berkeley.
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ISBN 13 9780670245833
ISBN 10 0670245836
Title The Creation
Author Ernst Haas
Series Studio Book
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Putnam
Year published 1971-10-18
Number of pages 159
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.