Describes how the writer and naturalist set about recording in both word and image the birds of North America, and details the legacy his work has left behind.

This book was originally a paperback. It was bound by Paw Prints. Paw Prints gave it an ISBN 9781518210570; that record was incomplete.

Introduction : drawn from nature -- Beloved boy -- America, my country -- The American woodsman -- Down the Mississippi -- On the wing -- The birds of America -- Team Audubon -- This strange wilderness -- Audubon then and now -- Appendix : looking for Audubon and his world.