Audubon, On The Wings Of The World

At the start of the 19th century, John James Audubon embarked upon an epic ornithological quest across America with nothing but his artist’s materials, an assistant and a gun. Driving him through terrible storms, encounters with ferocious bears and dangerous people, Audubon’s all-consuming passion for birds came to define his entire life—but what would the world make of his expressive and distinctly unscientific illustrations upon his return?