THE ENIGMA OF AUDUBON'S LIFE AND THE HISTORY OF HIS
FAMILY IN FRANCE
Death of Lieutenant Audubon—Contest over his
will—Disposition of his estate—The fictitious
$17,000—Unsettled claims of Formon and Ross—Illusions
of biographers—Gabriel Loyen du Puigaudeau—Audubon's
relations with the family in France broken—Death of the
naturalist's stepmother—The Du Puigaudeaus—Sources of
"enigma." 262