Audubon: America's Greatest Naturalist and His Voyage of Discovery to Labrador - Hardcover

A magna cum laude graduate of Bowdoin College with a law degree from Georgetown University, Peter B. Logan is a practicing attorney with a lifelong infatuation with birds and John James Audubon. In 2006, he discovered in an Audubon family scrapbook the long-forgotten tales of Audubon's Labrador expedition by one of the naturalist s companions. That led to a decade of research that revealed important new details about the life of this American icon. Logan's essays on birding have appeared in Birder's World and Bowdoin magazines. He lives in Northern California.

Even the parts of Audubon's life that have been told before are so freshly presented here that they make a gripping read. His experiences in Labrador, rarely discussed in this detail by other scholars, give a fascinating new perspective to Audubon's life. -- Robert McCracken Peck "Author of A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia"

Peter Logan has written a magnificent account of Audubon's expedition to Labrador, in which he describes the dedication of Audubon and his companions in their search for material for his great work, and their excitement in finding new discoveries. -- John Chalmers, M.D "Author of Audubon in Edinburgh"

Peter Logan offers a superbly well-documented, well-written, and readable account of the months Audubon spent in Labrador. Logan's insights into this remarkable man's life, courage, and sheer determination deserve a wide readership. This is a real contribution to the Audubon saga. -- Christine E. Jackson "Author of John James Laforest Audubon: An English Perspective and Bird Etchings: The Illustrators and Their Books: 1655-1855"