John James Audubon 
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SOURCE: Seattle Times
6/26/2022
Seattle's Audubon Chapter to Rename, Distance from Namesake's Racist Views
“The shameful legacy of the real John James Audubon, not the mythologized version, is antithetical to the mission of this organization and its values,” said Claire Catania, executive director of the Seattle chapter, in a statement.
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5-22-16
Five Things You Didn’t Know About John James Audubon
by Peter B. Logan
#4: He wasn’t a conservationist.
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SOURCE: The Star Press
4-1-14
Indiana Historical Society's Audubon books sell for $3.77 million
The auction took less than 30 minutes to dispense with a pair of items that had been in the Society's care for 81 years in the case of "The Birds of North America" and 63 years in the case of "Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America."
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