{"product_id":"natures-engraver-jenny-uglow-9780226823911","title":"Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Bewick's (1753-1828) \u003ci\u003eHistory of British Birds\u003c\/i\u003e was the first field guide for ordinary people, illustrated with woodcuts of astonishing accuracy and beauty. In \u003ci\u003eNature's Engraver\u003c\/i\u003e, Jenny Uglow tells the story of the farmer's son from Tyneside who became one of Britain's greatest and most popular engravers. It is a story of violent change, radical politics, lost ways of life, and the beauty of the wild--a journey to the beginning of our lasting obsession with the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A refined and engaging biography, as beautifully wrought, in its way, as Bewick's woodcuts.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Uglow's clear prose sparkles like Bewick's River Tyne.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a lovely book, not just in the quality and sympathy of the writing but in the care of its design and illustration.  Uglow] has turned a rich but undramatic life into a vignette as full of interest and details as one of Bewick's own woodcuts.\"--\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A splendid biography. But it becomes an endearing one by the scattered presence of so many of Bewick's woodcuts.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Another triumph for England's most innovative biographer, and a marvelous treat for fans of Bewick's beguiling work.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jenny Uglow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226823911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226823911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.98w x 1.17d","brand":"Jenny Uglow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489206653183,"sku":"9780226823911","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a55947a6-4b5a-4dd6-8e9f-b17b61cd62d1.jpg?v=1736952891","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/natures-engraver-jenny-uglow-9780226823911","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}