Audubon and His Journals, Volume 1

Audubon and His Journals, Volume 1

In the brief biography of Audubon which follows, I have given, I believe, the only correct account that has been written, and as such I present it. I am not competent to give an opinion as to the merits of his work, nor is it necessary. His place as naturalist, woodsman, artist, author, has long since been accorded him, and he himself says: "My enemies have been few, and my friends numerous." I have tried only to put Audubon the man before my readers, and in his own words so far as possible, that they may know what he was, not what others thought he was. M. R. A. The village of Mandeville in the parish of St. Tammany, Louisiana, is about twenty miles from New Orleans on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain. Here, on the plantation of the same name, owned by the Marquis de Mandeville de Marigny, John James Laforest Audubon[1] was born, the Marquis having lent his home, in the generous southern fashion, to his friend Admiral Jean Audubon, who, with his Spanish Creole wife, lived here some months. In the same house, towards the close of the last century, Louis Philippe found refuge for a time with the ever hospitable Marigny family, and he named the beautiful plantation home "Fontainebleau." Since then changes innumerable have come, the estate has other owners, the house has gone, those who once dwelt there are long dead, their descendants scattered, the old landmarks obliterated. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 39975
Author: Coues, Elliott
Release Date: Jun 12, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Editor: Audubon, Maria R. (Maria Rebecca), 1843-1925