Summer of Birds

Recounts the season that shaped John James Audubon's destiny, sorting facts from romance to give an intimate view of the world's most famous bird artist. A new preface marks the two hundredth anniversary of that eventful interlude, reflecting on Audubon's enduring legacy among artists, aesthetes, and nature lovers.

Cand a inceput vara anului 1821, ambitia lui John James Audubon de a crea o inregistrare picturala cuprinzatoare a pasarilor americane era inca in mare parte un vis. Apoi, din necesitate economica, Audubon a venit la plantatia Oakley, o mosie intinsa din parohia West Feliciana din Louisiana.