
The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean· Staffel 11· Folge 4
John James Fraudubon
Dienstag, 28. Oktober 2025 · 18 min
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The eagle that made John James Audubon famous, the Bird of Washington was nothing but an elaborate lie. Fawning biographers have suppressed this fact for years, but careful historical work has unraveled the Audubon legend, and shown that much of his life, and work, was built on deceit. (Part 2 of 2)
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