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OverviewDaniel Patterson and Eric Russell present a groundbreaking case for considering John James Audubon's and John Bachman's quadruped essays as worthy of literary analysis and redefine the role of Bachman, the perpetually overlooked coauthor of the essays. After completing The Birds of America (1826-38), Audubon began developing his work on the mammals. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America volumes show an antebellum view of nature as fundamentally dynamic and simultaneously grotesque and awe-inspiring. The quadruped essays are rich with good stories about these mammals and the humans who observe, pursue, and admire them. For help with the science and the essays, Audubon enlisted the Reverend John Bachman of Charleston, South Carolina. While he has been acknowledged as coauthor of the essays, Bachman has received little attention as an American nature writer. While almost all works that describe the history of American nature writing include Audubon, Bachman shows up only in a subordinate clause or two. Tenacious of Life strives to restore Bachman's status as an important American nature writer. Patterson and Russell analyze the coauthorial dance between the voices of Audubon, an experienced naturalist telling adventurous hunting stories tinged often by sentiment, romanticism, and bombast, and of Bachman, the courteous gentleman naturalist, scientific detective, moralist, sometimes cruel experimenter, and humorist. Drawing on all the primary and secondary evidence, Patterson and Russell tell the story of the coauthors' fascinating, conflicted relationship. This collection offers windows onto the early United States and much forgotten lore, often in the form of travel writing, natural history, and unique anecdotes, all told in the compelling voices of Antebellum America's two leading naturalists. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John James Audubon , John Bachman , Daniel Patterson , Eric RussellPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.771kg ISBN: 9781496213341ISBN 10: 1496213343 Pages: 424 Publication Date: 01 June 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Editorial Principles The Quadruped Essays Common American Wild Cat American Cross Fox Carolina Gray Squirrel Chipping Squirrel Common American Shrew Mole Gray Rabbit Leopard Spermophile Pennant’s Marten or Fisher Canada Otter Brown or Norway Rat American Bison White Weasel Raccoon Virginian Opossum White American Wolf Rocky Mountain Sheep Prong-horned Antelope Mule Deer Annulated Marmot Squirrel LeConte’s Pine Mouse Common American Deer Red Texan Wolf American Red Fox Common Mouse Cougar Ring-tailed Bassaris Missouri Mouse Columbian Black-tailed Deer American Black or Silver Fox Dusky Squirrel Cinnamon Bear Rocky Mountain Goat Grizzly Bear Richardson’s Meadow-Mouse Pine Marten American Black Bear Textual Notes Works of Natural History Cited in the Essays IndexReviewsValuable and beautiful, if also haunting and provocative. This book fills a serious gap in our literature and gives cause for deep reflection as we stand on the verge of the human-caused Sixth Extinction. The introduction is superb, opening with an important discussion of the central role in the Audubon and Bachman essays of white supremacy, speciesism, slavery, and other forms of violence, and ending with a brief but illuminating comparison with Susan Fenimore Cooper and Henry David Thoreau--a fascinating, even riveting, treatment. The primary essays that follow are classics in natural history, full of energy, incident, and anecdote. --Laura Dassow Walls, author of Henry David Thoreau: A Life --Laura Dassow Walls Valuable and beautiful, if also haunting and provocative. This book fills a serious gap in our literature and gives cause for deep reflection as we stand on the verge of the human-caused Sixth Extinction. The introduction is superb, opening with an important discussion of the central role in the Audubon and Bachman essays of white supremacy, speciesism, slavery, and other forms of violence, and ending with a brief but illuminating comparison with Susan Fenimore Cooper and Henry David Thoreau--a fascinating, even riveting, treatment. The primary essays that follow are classics in natural history, full of energy, incident, and anecdote. --Laura Dassow Walls, author of Henry David Thoreau: A Life Author InformationJohn James Audubon (1785–1851) is one of America’s premiere wildlife artists. He traveled extensively in the 1820s and 1830s, painting and cataloging every bird then known in the United States. His monumental Birds of America is often considered the greatest picture book ever produced. John Bachman (1790–1874) was an American Lutheran minister and naturalist. Daniel Patterson is emeritus professor of English at Central Michigan University. He is the author and editor of several books, including John James Audubon’s Journal of 1826: The Voyage to The Birds of America (Nebraska, 2011), Early American Nature Writers: A Biographical Encyclopedia, and Missouri River Journals of John James Audubon (Nebraska, 2016). Eric Russell is a lecturer of English at Alma College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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