John James Audubon
Miscellaneous Material
This section includes a selection of fiction, poetry, drama, and other creative works inspired by Audubon's life; books about Audubon for children; and a few items in miscellaneous formats. Call numbers without a location after them indicate a title is held in more than one location at LSU Libraries. See linked catalog records for details.
Fiction, poetry, and drama
- Commonwealth of wings byCall Number: PS3551 .L3574 C66 1991 LSU-MAINPublication Date: 1991Poetry inspired by Audubon's writings
- In the days of Audubon: a tale of the "protector of birds" byCall Number: QL31 .A9 B94 LLMVCPublication Date: 1901Described as "historical fiction" in preface. Includes appendix on creation of bird-study clubs.
- Creation : a novel byCall Number: PR9199.3 .G657 C74 2003 LSU-MAINPublication Date: 2003Fiction inspired by Audubon's voyage to Labrador
- Audubon : on the wings of the world byCall Number: QL31 .A9 G7613 2016 McIlhennyPublication Date: 2016Graphic novel
- Wonders hidden : Audubon's early years byCall Number: PS659 .L4 1984 LSU-MAINPublication Date: 1984Bound together with an unrelated text by Ursula Le Guin
- "A still moment" byCall Number: PS3545 .E6 W5 LLMVC and RarePublication Date: 1943Short story published in: The Wide Net and Other Stories.
Later editions of "The Wide Net" are also held, and "A still moment" is included in later anthologies of Welty's writing as well. - A mirror for the sky: an opera based on an original conception of Raoul Pène du Bois for portraying the life of Audubon in a musical drama byCall Number: ML50 .W535 M5 1948 LLMVCPublication Date: 1948
Children's books
- Capturing nature : the writings and art of John James Audubon byCall Number: QL31 .A9 A3 1993 LLMVCPublication Date: 1993Edited by Peter and Connie Roop
- The boy who drew birds : a story of John James Audubon byCall Number: QL31 .A9 D38 2004Publication Date: 2004
- This strange wilderness : the life and art of John James Audubon byCall Number: QL31 .A9 P65 2015 McIlhennyPublication Date: 2015
Other material
- John J. Audubon engraving, 1861Call Number: E:65 (Picture Collection) LLMVCCopy of a 19th-century painting depicting Audubon
- [Audubon's America - Illustrations]Call Number: QL31 .A9 A35 FLAT PLATES McIlhenny and LLMVCPublication Date: 194017 unbound color prints of the plates in the book "Audubon's America," issued to accompany some copies of the book
- John James Audubon prints, 20th centuryCall Number: J:24 LLMVC18 prints of well-known birds from "The Birds of America"
- The official Audubon Birds of America 150th anniversary commemorative stamp issue : a series of 15 miniature sheets of stamps issued by the government of HaitiCall Number: HE6183 .B53 O44 1979 McIlhennyPublication Date: 1979