Under a Wild Sky : John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America, Paperback by Souder, William, ISBN 1571313559, ISBN-13 9781571313553, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK

Traces the life of John James Audubon, his efforts to record the wild birds of North America, and his fifteen-year struggle against a conventional scientific establishment to find a publisher for his masterwork, "The Birds of America."