Only 90 copies of the book were produced and fewer than 20 have been located today in libraries or in private collections. When the mother's copy of the volume was exhibited on the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, it was awarded a bronze medal. But neither parent ever complained and considered their work on the book the most important accomplishment of their lives. The mother lost her eyesight at the end of her life from the effects of typhoid fever and long hours of straining to draw and color the nests and eggs. The father covered the publishing costs, which were higher than had been anticipated and were not covered by the subscription price, and ultimately lost his entire retirement savings completing the task in his daughter's memory. In spite of serious damage to their health, they never gave up and labored until the book was finished. Both the brother who collected the nests and eggs and wrote the field notes, and the mother who completed the drawings on stone and hand coloring, were stricken with typhoid fever two years after Genevieve s death and nearly died. They labored for seven years until the book was completed in 1886 collecting nests and eggs, drawing lithographs on stone, and hand coloring fifty copies of each illustration, and writing the field notes for each species of bird. Her family took up the completion of the work in her memory. Then, suddenly, Genevieve died of typhoid fever after personally completing only five of the illustrations. One reviewer wrote: It is one of the most beautiful and desirable works that has ever appeared in the United States upon any branch of natural history and ranks with Audubon s celebrated work on birds. Hayes and Theodore Roosevelt added their names to the subscription list. When part one of Genevieve s work was issued, leading ornithologists praised the illustrations, and Rutherford B. The book was sold by subscription in twenty-three parts. Her brother collected the nests and eggs, her father paid for the publishing costs, and Genevieve and her girlhood friend learned lithography and began illustrating the specimens. Concerned over her fragile mental state, they encouraged her to begin the book as a distraction. Her parents were reluctant to support the undertaking of such an ambitious and expensive project until Genevieve became despondent over a broken engagement. His artwork inspired her to undertake the production of a book illustrating the birds nests and eggs that Audubon neglected to include in his work. At the age of twenty-nine, Genevieve Jones, an amateur naturalist/artist and daughter of a country doctor, visited the 1876 Centennial World's Fair in Philadelphia, where she saw Audubon's paintings in Birds of America on display. Описание: America's Other Audubon chronicles the story of Genevieve Jones, her family, and the making of an extraordinary nineteenth-century book, Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio. Finally, beyond the birdhouses, you'll find out how you can contribute to the larger birding community and even enhance your birding experience with the aid of new technologies. And because these projects are the product of years of experience and field-testing, you can be sure you're getting the best advice regarding proper design, safe construction materials, and correct home placement to mitigate exposure to elements, pests, and predators. In addition, this practical and beautifully presented guide is packed with color photography and information about the bird species covered-including titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, phoebes, swallows, waterfowl, and even kestrels and owls-to help the reader properly place and maintain the homes to attract birds. Each of the easy-to-build boxes and shelves within is accompanied by cut lists, specially created line diagrams, and step-by-step photography, making the projects accessible to those with even the most rudimentary woodworking skills.
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Produced in association with the National Audubon Society, Audubon Birdhouse Book explains how to build and place functional DIY bird homes that are safe and appropriate for more than 20 classic North American species, from wrens to raptors. But the fact is, many of these products provide anything but a safe refuge for your feathered friends. ISBN: 0760342202 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780760342206Ī visit to almost any home or garden center presents birders with numerous cute and colorful contraptions that are sold as bird homes. Название: Audubon Birdhouse Book: Building, Placing, and Maintaining Great Homes for Great Birds Автор: Barker Margaret A., Wolfson Elissa
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