Commonwealth of Wings: An Ornithological Biography Based on the Life of John James Audubon

Contents

Contents i. 1785-1803 Audubon Enfant i We Lose St. Domingue 2 Nantes, the Revolution 3 The Siege Outlasted 5 At Coueron. My First Gun. 6 Father's Home 8 We Are Gentlemen Abroad 9 II. 1803-1808 Mill Grove n The Englishman's Eldest Daughter 12 Balancing 13 The Current 14 Letter to Lucy 15 Our Conspiracy of Pleasure 16 III. 1808-1826 We Find the Outset Erratic 17 The Inn, Louisville 18 A Visit from Wilson 19 At Ease 20 Disaster 21 A Profitable Life 22 Portraits 23 Arrangements 24 My Ornithology Proceeds 25 Letter to Lucy 26 Losses 27 Journal, at Sea 28 iv. 1826-1829 Spirits 29 Letter to Lucy 30 From My Journal 31 Etude 32 Interlude 33 Edinburgh 34 Letter to Victor 35 I Imagine Thee 37 Return 38 v. 1829-1840 After the Stir & Sweep of Travel 39 I Am Restless despite Myself 40 Cape Florida 41 Consolation 42 Excursion 43 Wreck 44 Air 45 To Lucy 46 Inventory. Journal. 47 Aboard the Ripley 49 Inventory. Resolve. 50 vi. 1840-1851 Losses 52 Letter to John Bachman 53 Sight 54 Reprise 56 Reprise 58 Notes 59 Bibliography 60 Commonwealth of Wings This page intentionally left blank ...