Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America snakes Citrus species--Citrus

Citrus species--Citrus

This collection (a staff-favorite at MagPo) was specially selected from the lists of words sent to Magnetic Poetry by Magnetic Poets from around the world

they will marvel

—Elizabeth Lund

of the Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook series

Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America snakes Citrus species--CitrusFINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE In the century and a half since John James Audubon's death, his name has become synonymous with wildlife conservation and natural history. But few people know what a complicated figure he was or the dramatic story behind The Birds of America as told in this "superb introduction to the artist and the man" (New York Times). Before Audubon, ornithological illustrations depicted scaled down birds perched in static poses.