This is a compilation of letters writen by Audubon, mostly to his wife. The letters convey almost nothing about wildlife and not even much about his day to day life during this period. I struggled through hundreds of letters and hundreds of pages and did not find any interesting story or events in that bulk. About the only thing that can be gained from the letters is that Audubon seemed to feel he was considerably superior to others in most ways. Most of Audubon's time during these letter writing years he states was taken up in writing to his wife and painting women's portraits for cash and that makes for dull reading. ( )