Audubon (book)
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Audubon is a non-fiction book written by Constance Rourke
in 1936. It retroactively received the Newbery Honor award for the year 1937.
Rourke's book is a biography
of ornithologist and painter John James Audubon
.
Constance Rourke
Constance Mayfield Rourke was an American author and educator. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Sorbonne and Vassar College. She taught at Vassar from 1910 to 1915. She died in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1941....
in 1936. It retroactively received the Newbery Honor award for the year 1937.
Rourke's book is a biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
of ornithologist and painter John James Audubon
John James Audubon
John James Audubon was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats...
.