{"product_id":"9781429998192","title":"Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully illustrated biography of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Bewick (1753-1828),\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethe man whose art helped shape the way we view the natural world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the eighteenth century, Britain, and much of the Western world, fell in love with nature. Thomas Bewick's \u003ci\u003eHistory of British Birds \u003c\/i\u003emarked the moment, the first \"field guide\" for ordinary people, illustrated with woodcuts of astonishing accuracy and beauty. But his work was far more than a mere guide, for in the vivid vignettes scattered through the book, Bewick captured the vanishing world of rural English life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this superb biography, Jenny Uglow tells the story of the farmer's son from Tyneside who influenced book illustration for a century to come. It is a story of violent change, radical politics, lost ways of life, and the beauty of the wild -- a journey to the beginning of our lasting obsession with the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107020816624,"sku":"9781429998192","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429998192_p0.jpg?v=1769904185","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429998192","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}