John James AudubonBy: Richard Rhodes John James Audubon came to America as a dapper eighteen year old eager to make his fortune. He had a talent for drawing and an interest in birds, and he would spend the next thirty five years traveling to the remotest regions of his new countryoften alone and on footto render his avian subjects on paper. The works of art he created gave the world its idea of America. They gave America its idea of itself. Here Richard Rhodes vividly