Jonathan Livingston Seagull (film) his beliefs. Eventually, Jonathan himself ends up becoming a mentor for other seagulls who are suffering the same fates in their own flocks as he once did. Director Hall Bartlett first read the book "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" in a San Fernando Valley barbershop when he impulsively decided to call the publisher, Macmillan, and then author Richard Bach, to buy the film rights. Bartlett suggested that the story needed to be told simply, without animation or actors, and acquired the property for $100,000 and fifty percent of the profits. He granted Bach final approval rights on the film and all advertising
Henry A. Livingston and Euphemia Sayers, who was born in Bath, England. Together, Henry and Frederika were the parents of nine more children, including: Livingston died on June 9, 1849 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. He was buried at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. Henry A. Livingston Henry Alexander Livingston (August 26, 1776 – June 9, 1849) was an American politician from New York. Livingston was born on August 26, 1776. He was the only child of John Henry Livingston (1746–1825), President of Queen's College, and Sarah (née Livingston) Livingston (1752–1814). His paternal grandparents were Philip Livingston, a Continental Congressman and signor of