Dragon Lady by Sterling Seagrave
John James Audubon's sumptuous four-volume edition of Birds of America, published between 1827 and 1838, contains 435 hand-colored life-size prints of 1,065 individual American birds. A glorious union of science and art, it remains an unequaled achievement in ornithology illustration.In tracing Audubon's quest to produce this groundbreaking work, Vedder draws on the artist and naturalist's own writings and the latest scholarship on his life and on Birds of America. Plates from the Huntington Library's double-elephant folio are reproduced in color, including the wild turkey, Baltimore oriole, bald eagle, and (once presumed extinct) ivory-billed woodpecker. Vedder provides with each plate a commentary on the unique characteristics of the species depicted, based on Audubon's own observations in the field.
Sterling Seagrave grew raised on the Myanmar-China border in Asia. Seagrave worked as an investigative writer in Asia for many years, and his work appeared in the Washington Post, Time, Life, and a variety of other publications. He is the author of The Soong Dynasty, a New York Times best-seller and a Book of the Month Club favorite. Yellow Rain: A Journey Through the Horror of Chemical Warfare and Red Sky in the Morning, which he co-wrote with his wife, Peggy, a longstanding collaborator, are two of his other novels. They are based in France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780679733690 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679733698 |
| Title | Dragon Lady |
| Author | Sterling Seagrave |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1993-08-31 |
| Number of pages | 624 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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