John Audubon

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part read more

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime read more

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.

Finally I paid every bill. My plantation in Pennsylvania had been sold and nothing was left to me but my read more

Finally I paid every bill. My plantation in Pennsylvania had been sold and nothing was left to me but my humble talents.

If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do read more

If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America.

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.