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xviii, 112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 23 cm
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English
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Birds were "the objects of my greatest delight," wrote John James Audubon (1785-1851), founder of modern ornithology and one of the world's greatest bird painters. His masterpiece, The Birds of America, depicts almost five hundred North American bird species, each life-size image rendered in vibrant color. Audubon was also an explorer, a woodsman, a hunter, an entertaining and prolific writer, and an energetic self-promoter. Through talent and dogged...
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English
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Filled with more than 150 recipes, anecdotes, and stories from some of America's most popular writers and personalities, this collaborative effort has a writerly sensibility and a Western point of view. Including recipes for drinks, appetizers, main dishes, side dishes, desserts, and fun extras-as well as stories from and profiles of the contributors, this is both a Western book and a cookbook that moves beyond the genre.