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Lucy Audubon - (Southern Biography) by Carolyn E DeLatte (Paperback)

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  • Wife of the great naturalist John James Audubon, Lucy Bakewell Audubon (1788-1874) was a powerful and extraordinary woman who coped resourcefully with the demands of a difficult situation and worked tirelessly to aid her husband in his landmark work.
  • About the Author: Carolyn E. DeLatte was a professor of history at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
  • 280 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Political
  • Series Name: Southern Biography

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Wife of the great naturalist John James Audubon, Lucy Bakewell Audubon (17881874) was a powerful and extraordinary woman who coped resourcefully with the demands of a difficult situation and worked tirelessly to aid her husband in his landmark work. In Lucy Audubon: A Biography, Carolyn E. DeLatte focuses on the early life of Lucy Audubon: her birth in England and youth in eastern Pennsylvania, her courtship and marriage to the eccentric young Audubon, their wanderings along the western fringe of the country, the birth of their children, and the preparation and publication of The Birds of America.



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Wife of the great naturalist John James Audubon, Lucy Bakewell Audubon (1788-1874) was a powerful and extraordinary woman who coped resourcefully with the demands of a difficult situation and worked tirelessly to aid her husband in his landmark work. In Lucy Audubon: A Biography, Carolyn E. DeLatte focuses on the early life of Lucy Audubon: her birth in England and youth in eastern Pennsylvania, her courtship and marriage to the eccentric young Audubon, their wanderings along the western fringe of the country, the birth of their children, and the preparation and publication of The Birds of America. Throughout, DeLatte emphasizes Lucy Audubon's own experiences, concerns, and point of view. She tells of Lucy's often stormy relationship with her brilliant but unreliable husband, her place at the head of their small family, and her crucial role in the creation and publication of her husband's magnum opus. Intelligent, adaptable, and strong-willed, Lucy was, DeLatte shows, the partner Audubon needed for his life and for his work. As noted Audubon expert Christoph Irmscher says in his foreword, "When [DeLatte] slips into her character's skin, she does so unobtrusively and to great effect--thus, we are right there with Lucy."



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"Lucy Audubon is a book to delight devotees of the 'art of biography.' Carolyn E. Delatte has produced a fascinating, lucidly written tale of the wife of the naturalist John James Audubon. Although one might initially question the need for a biography of a woman whose only distinction is that she happened to meet and marry Audubon, one becomes very quickly enmeshed in the struggles of this strong-willed, if sometimes petulant, woman."---- "Journal of American History"

"A compelling account of the woman who stood by John James Audubon, through failure and success . . . and who may be said to have been almost as responsible for The Birds of America as the artist himself."---- "Virginia Quarterly Review"

"In this well-documented and highly readable biography Lucy emerges from the shadow of her famous husband, John James Audubon . . . and appears as a woman of intelligence, character, and strength."---- "Library Journal"

"Much has been written about John James Audubon but DeLatte has given us a first major look at the unique and talented woman who stood strongly both behind him and by his side."---- "Christian Science Monitor"



About the Author



Carolyn E. DeLatte was a professor of history at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Christoph Irmscher is the author or editor of several books, including John James Audubon: Writings and Drawings and The Poetics of Natural History: From John Bartram to William James.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.99 Inches (H) x 6.02 Inches (W) x .57 Inches (D)
Weight: .81 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 280
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Political
Series Title: Southern Biography
Publisher: LSU Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Carolyn E DeLatte
Language: English
Street Date: September 1, 2008
TCIN: 88979622
UPC: 9780807133811
Item Number (DPCI): 247-57-3456
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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