The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon by Melissa Sweet Biographical and perspective

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The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon by Melissa Sweet Biographical and perspectiveJohn James Audubon was a boy who loved the out of doors more than the in. He was a boy who believed in studying birds in nature, not just from books. And, in the fall of 1804, he was a boy determined to learn if the small birds nesting near his Pennsylvania home really would return the following spring. This book reveals how the youthful Audubon pioneered a technique essential to our understanding of birds. Capturing the early passion of America's