John James Audubon always had his detractors, but the public and the scientific community at large loved him. But it turns out his detractors were onto something. The eagle that made Audubon famous, the Bird of Washington, was nothing more than an elaborate lie. Fawning biographers have suppressed this fact for years, but careful historical work has unraveled the Audubon legend, and the Bird of Washington wasn’t his only deceit. 

John James ‘Fraudubon’ Part 2

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John James ‘Fraudubon’ Part 2

Science History Institute