Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-04-21
Books mentioned on The Audubon Guy Was A Monster
Robert sits down with David Bell to discuss John Audubon, namesake for the birdwatching society, naturalist and racist monster See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert Evans discussed Audubon's Birds of America by John James Audubon, The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America by John James Audubon and others, and Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits by Chip Colwell, and criticized Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Audubon's Birds of America
Discussed“His great work, which is what he calls it, would be to decisively identify, name, and sketch every single bird species in the parts of North America controlled by the US government. He called this book the birds of America”
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Ornithological Biography
Critiqued“The tale of The Runaway, one of the episodes about American life he inserted into his 30,000page five volume ornithological biography, a companion to Birds of America, spins the tale of an encounter with a black man in a Louisiana swamp.”
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The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
Discussed“In 1843, John James set out on what was to be his last adventure into the wilds. He went up the miss he went up the Missouri River and out the Yellowstone. At 58 years old, he was just on the verge of being too old to handle the rigors of the journey. His project this trip was a catalog”
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Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits
Discussed“Pin is moving at a glacial pace considering the magnitude of the in of the infraction and the institutions that helped to assemble the racist skull collection are tight lipped and I I have read there's a book I found about the bone trade in in stolen bones um called plundered skulls and stolen spirits by Chip Coowwell”
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