{"product_id":"john-james-audubon","title":"John James Audubon","description":"John James Audubon came to America as a dapper eighteen-year-old eager to make his fortune. He had a talent for drawing and an interest in birds, and he would spend the next thirty-five years traveling to the remotest regions of his new country-often alone and on foot-to render his avian subjects on paper. The works of art he created gave the world its idea of America. They gave America its idea of itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere Richard Rhodes vividly depicts Audubon's life and career: his epic wanderings; his quest to portray birds in a lifelike way; his long, anguished separations from his adored wife; his ambivalent witness to the vanishing of the wilderness. \u003ci\u003eJohn James Audubon: The Making of an American\u003c\/i\u003e is a magnificent achievement.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833710162125,"sku":"9780375713934","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_a785cc5d-0e05-4162-a33d-3f9385288e28.jpg?v=1790894435","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/john-james-audubon","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}