John James Audubon: The Making of an American
by Richard Rhodes
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375414126
- ISBN 13
- 9780375414121
- Seller
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Synopsis
Richard Rhodes is the author of twenty books, including novels and works of history, journalism and letters. His The Making of the Atomic Bomb won a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award. Dark Sun, about the development of the hydrogen bomb, was one of three finalists for a Pulitzer Prize in History. A Kansas native, he has frequently explored American history and biography in articles for national magazines. He lives in Half Moon Bay, California. Richard Rhodes’s Masters of Death and Why They Kill are available in Vintage paperback.
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- Bookmarc's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2402ec112
- Title
- John James Audubon: The Making of an American
- Author
- Richard Rhodes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375414126
- ISBN 13
- 9780375414121
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY JOHN JAMES AUDUBON 1785-1851 ORNITHOLOGISTS UNITED STATES ANIMAL PAINTERS
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