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A review by skylacine
Audubon, on the Wings of the World by Fabien Grolleau
A semi-fictionalized biographical graphic novel about Audubon and his many travels to draw as many birds as possible.
Overall a decent read, but I don't think I like the liberty they took with portraying Audubon as sympathetic towards a family of escaped enslaved people. Real-life Audubon owned slaves himself. Other artistic liberties (e.g. his meeting with Darwin) I'm pretty okay with but it feels rather disingenuous to portray him this sympathetic towards the escaped slaves when the real guy owned them himself. This is a sensitive subject so it feels rather offputting they willingly danced around this fact.
Overall a decent read, but I don't think I like the liberty they took with portraying Audubon as sympathetic towards a family of escaped enslaved people. Real-life Audubon owned slaves himself. Other artistic liberties (e.g. his meeting with Darwin) I'm pretty okay with but it feels rather disingenuous to portray him this sympathetic towards the escaped slaves when the real guy owned them himself. This is a sensitive subject so it feels rather offputting they willingly danced around this fact.