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The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness by Kenn Kaufman

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  • Kaufman revisits this turbulent era by highlighting the birds they found and as well as those they overlooked, creating Audubon-style portraits that illuminate enduring mysteries in ornithology
  • A rollicking blend of history, science, art, and memoir
  • Paperback; 400 pgs.

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In the early 1800s, bird study in eastern North America was driven by fierce ambition, ego, and deception as naturalists raced to identify the last unknown species. Kaufman revisits this turbulent era by highlighting the birds they found and as well as those they overlooked, creating Audubon-style portraits that illuminate enduring mysteries in ornithology. A rollicking blend of history, science, art, and memoir. Paperback; 400 pgs.

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