Part One THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN
1 Migration
2 "I Shall Sail on a Sheep"
3 Settling the Interior
4 Louisville in Kentucky
5 Alexander Wilson
6 By Flatboat to Ste. Genevieve
7 Birds in Flight
8 Flocking to Kentucky
9 The Bad Establishment
10 "Hopes Are Shy Birds"
Part Two AMERICA MY COUNTRY
11 Down the Mississippi
12 The Fair Incognito
13 Lessons to a Young Lady
14 Bayou Sarah
15 A New Start
16 Enthusiast or Lunatic
Interlude Audubon at Sea
Part Three THE BIRDS OF AMERICA
17 Liverpool
18 “I Will Publish This”
19 Into the Monster’s Mouth
20 “I Have Wished for Thee Every Day”
21 “I Will Sail for America”
22 A Man in a Hurry
23 Woods, Woods, Woods
24 The Varied Splendor of American Nature
25 Labrador
26 A Monumental Work of Art
27 Days of Deepest Sorrow
28 The Real Course of Nature’s Intentions
Envoy
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index