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Creation

by Katherine Govier
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A New York Times Notable book about Audubon’s voyage to capture Birds of America is a “brilliantly insightful and ravishingly sensuous tale of adventure.” (Booklist)
 
In this atmospheric and enthralling novel, Katherine Govier tells the story of the world's greatest living bird artist as he finally understands the paradox embedded in his art: that the act of creation is also an act of destruction.
 
Running two steps ahead of the bailiff, alternately praised and reviled, John James Audubon set himself the audacious task of drawing, from nature, every bird in North America. The result was his masterpiece, The Birds of America. In June 1833, partway through his mission, he enlisted his son, Captain Bayfield of the Royal Navy, and a party of young gentlemen to set sail for nesting grounds no ornithologist had ever seen, in the treacherous passage between Newfoundland and Labrador. Creation explores the short, stormy summer throughout which the captain became the artist's foil, measuring stick, and the recipient of his long-held secrets. It is an exploration of that fateful expedition, a probing and imaginative narrative that fills in a gap in the visionary naturalist's well-documented life.
 
“Carefully crafted and deeply thoughtful.” —Kirkus Reviews
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Publisher: ABRAMS, Inc.

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  • ISBN: 9781468303933
  • File size: 2076 KB
  • Release date: August 16, 2022

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  • ISBN: 9781468303933
  • File size: 2252 KB
  • Release date: August 16, 2022
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Fiction Literature Historical Fiction

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English

A New York Times Notable book about Audubon’s voyage to capture Birds of America is a “brilliantly insightful and ravishingly sensuous tale of adventure.” (Booklist)
 
In this atmospheric and enthralling novel, Katherine Govier tells the story of the world's greatest living bird artist as he finally understands the paradox embedded in his art: that the act of creation is also an act of destruction.
 
Running two steps ahead of the bailiff, alternately praised and reviled, John James Audubon set himself the audacious task of drawing, from nature, every bird in North America. The result was his masterpiece, The Birds of America. In June 1833, partway through his mission, he enlisted his son, Captain Bayfield of the Royal Navy, and a party of young gentlemen to set sail for nesting grounds no ornithologist had ever seen, in the treacherous passage between Newfoundland and Labrador. Creation explores the short, stormy summer throughout which the captain became the artist's foil, measuring stick, and the recipient of his long-held secrets. It is an exploration of that fateful expedition, a probing and imaginative narrative that fills in a gap in the visionary naturalist's well-documented life.
 
“Carefully crafted and deeply thoughtful.” —Kirkus Reviews
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Fiction Literature Historical Fiction