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Books by Peter Matthiessen
  | | Killing Mister Watson(Reprint) by Peter Matthiessen, George B. Schaller, Debbie S. Miller, David Allen Sibley, Subhankar Banerjee, Fran Mauer, William H. Meadows, Mckay Jenkins Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1991 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-679-73405-5, ISBN: 0-679-73405-8 "We were still patching up after the storm when we heard that pop-pop-pop down to south'ard. Pap sighed and ... so's they wouldn't be thought less of by their neighbors, but even the few present who meant business were dead scared. ... Others, I ain't saying who, was declaring for the past three days that if Watson showed up again before the sheriff did, they was for shooting him straight off, no questions asked, that's how bad they ..." |
 | | The Snow Leopard(2nd Edition) (Penguin Classics) by Peter Matthiessen, Pico Iyer Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2008 by Penguin Classics ISBN-13: 978-0-14-310551-0, ISBN: 0-14-310551-5 "In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo, "the last enclave of pure Tibetan culture on earth." Their voyage was in quest of one of the world's most elusive big cats, the snow leopard of high Asia, a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical; Schaller was one of only two W ..." |
 | | In the Spirit of Crazy Horse(Updated) The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's War on the American Indian Movement by Peter Matthiessen, Martin Garbus Paperback, 688 Pages, Published 1992 by Penguin Books Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-14-014456-7, ISBN: 0-14-014456-0 " An indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) chronicle of a fatal gun-battle between FBI agents and American Indian Movement activists by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise On a hot June morning in 1975, a desperate shoot-out between FBI agents and Native Americans near Wounded Knee, So ..." |
 | | Far Tortuga A Novel by Peter Matthiessen Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 1988 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-394-75667-7, ISBN: 0-394-75667-3 "An adventure story and a deeply considered meditation upon the sea itself. "Beautiful and original...a resonant and symbolical story of nine doomed men who dream of an earthly paradise as the world winds down around them." Newsweek"" |
 | | Cloud Forest(1st Edition) A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness (Classic, Nature, Penguin) by Peter Matthiessen Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1987 by Penguin Classics Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-14-025507-2, ISBN: 0-14-025507-9 "A classic work of nature and humanity, by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise Peter Matthiessen crisscrossed 20,000 miles of the South American wilderness, from the Amazon rain forests to Machu Picchu, high in the Andes, down to Tierra del Fuego and back. He followed the trails of old explorers, encountered river bandits, wild tribesmen, ..." |
 | | The Tree Where Man Was Born(Reprint) (Penguin Classics) by Peter Matthiessen, Jane Goodall Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2010 by Penguin Classics Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-14-310624-1, ISBN: 0-14-310624-4 "A timeless and majestic portrait of Africa by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise A finalist for the National Book Award when it was released in 1972, this vivid portrait of East Africa remains as fresh and revelatory now as on the day it was first published. Peter Matthiessen exquisitely combines nature and travel writing to portray the ..." |
 | | At Play in the Fields of the Lord(Reprint) by Peter Matthiessen Paperback, 373 Pages, Published 1991 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-679-73741-4, ISBN: 0-679-73741-3 "In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash in this novel from the National Book Award-winning author. Martin Quarrier has come to convert the elusive Niaruna Indians to his brand of Christianity. Lewis Moon, a stateless mercenary who is himself part Indian, has come to kill them on the behalf of the local comandante. Out of this struggle Peter Matthiessen creates an electrifying mor ..." |
 | | Men's Lives(1st Edition) by Peter Matthiessen, Mckay Jenkins Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1988 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-394-75560-1, ISBN: 0-394-75560-X "Jenny Bennett's grandmother Mayes had been raised in the old settlement out at Northwest, and her people were mostly carpenters and farmers (plumbers and electricians were as yet unheard of) but Jenny was as energetic as her husband and threw herself wholeheartedly into the fishermen's life. “Mom could hang nets, mend a hole if she had to, but not as good as Dad or my grandfather,” says her daughter Jenny, born in 1927, who still r ..." |
 | | The Snow Leopard(Reprint) (Penguin Orange Collection) by Peter Matthiessen Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2016 by Penguin Classics Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-14-312952-3, ISBN: 0-14-312952-X "An unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen 1927 2014 the National Book Award winning author of the new novel In Paradise In 1973 Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard Matthiessen a student of Zen Buddhism was also on a spiritual ques ..." |
 | | The Birds of Heaven(1st Edition) Travels with Cranes by Peter Matthiessen, Robert Bateman, George Archibald Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2003 by North Point Press ISBN-13: 978-0-86547-657-8, ISBN: 0-86547-657-8 "Acclaimed writer Peter Matthiessen, a self-professed "craniac," has been observing and studying all kinds of birds most of his life, but his pursuit of cranes is closer to a spiritual quest than a naturalist's exercise. These majestic, mythic, and notoriously shy birds, capable of soaring at heights of 20,000 feet, are often fond of remote and rugged places, so just locating the birds can be difficult enough, determining an accurat ..." |
 | | Blue Meridian(Reprint) The Search for the Great White Shark (Classic, Nature, Penguin) by Peter Matthiessen Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1997 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-026513-2, ISBN: 0-14-026513-9 "A classic work of nature and humanity, by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning "The Snow Leopard" and the new novel "In Paradise" National Book Award-winning author Peter Matthiessen takes readers on an expedition to find the most dangerous predator on Earth the legendary great white shark. On a trek that lasts 17 months and takes him from the Caribbean to the whaling grounds off South ..." |
 | | Bone by Bone(1st Edition) Shadow Country Trilogy (3) by Peter Matthiessen Paperback, 410 Pages, Published 2000 by Vintage International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-375-70181-8, ISBN: 0-375-70181-8 "In Bone by Bone, the final chapter of Peter Matthiessen's Everglades trilogy, the man known variously as "Desperado" and "Emperor" Watson finally tells his own story--and a hard, ruthless, and singularly bloody tale it is. Brought up in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War, Watson flees South Carolina after he's tagged for a murder he didn't commit. Bone by Bone follows his exile in the Indian Territories, his arrest for the murder o ..." |
 | | In Paradise(Reprint) A Novel by Peter Matthiessen Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 2015 by Riverhead Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59463-352-2, ISBN: 1-59463-352-5 "The bestselling final novel by a writer of incomparable range, power, and achievement, a three-time winner of the National Book Award. Peter Matthiessen was a literary legend, the author of more than thirty acclaimed books. In this, his final novel, he confronts the legacy of evil, and our unquenchable desire to wrest good from it. One week in late autumn of 1996, a group gathers at the site of a former death camp. They offer prayer at ..." |
 | | In Paradise(1st Edition) A Novel by Peter Matthiessen Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2014 by Riverhead Hardcover Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-1-59463-317-1, ISBN: 1-59463-317-7 " A profoundly searching new novel by a writer of incomparable range, power, and achievement. In the winter of 1996, more than a hundred women and men of diverse nationality, background, and belief gather at the site of a former concentration camp for an unprecedented purpose: a weeklong retreat during which they will offer prayer and witness at the crematoria and meditate in all weathers on the selection platform, while eating and ..." |
 | | Nine-Headed Dragon River(Reprint) Zen Journals 1969-1982 (Shambhala Dragon Editions) by Peter Matthiessen Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1998 by Shambhala ISBN-13: 978-1-57062-367-7, ISBN: 1-57062-367-8 "In August 1968, naturalist-explorer Peter Matthiessen returned form Africa to his home in Sagaponack, Long Island, to find three Japanese Zen masters in his driveway - guests of his wife, a new student of Zen. Thirteen years later, Matthiessen was ordained a Buddhist monk. Written in the same format as his best-selling "The Snow Leopard, Nine-Headed Dragon River" reveals Matthiessen's most daring adventure of all: the quest for his spir ..." |
 | | Derivation and Use of Environmental Quality and Human Health Standards for Chemical Substances in Water and Soil(1st Edition) by Mark Crane, Peter Matthiessen, Dawn Stretton Maycock, Graham Merrington, Paul Whitehouse Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 2019 by Crc Press ISBN-13: 978-0-367-38485-2, ISBN: 0-367-38485-X "A balanced, comprehensive overview of Environmental Quality Standards (EQS), Derivation and Use of Environmental Quality and Human Health Standards for Chemical Substances in Water and Soil addresses the selection and prioritization of substances for standard derivation. With integrated content and up-to-date information on assessment of regulations that affect the derivation and use of EQS, it examines the derivation of these standards ..." |
 | | Indian Country(Updated) (Flamingo S.) by Peter Matthiessen Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1987 by Fontana Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-00-654199-8, ISBN: 0-00-654199-2 "An exploration of the encroachment of whites on the sacred grounds of the native Americans discusses such tribes as the Miccosukee, Hopi, Cherokee, Mohawk, Urok, Karuk, Lakota, Chumsah, Paiute, Shoshone, Ute, and Navajo. Reprint. NYT. " |
 | | Wildlife in America(Updated) by Peter Matthiessen Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1978 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-004793-6, ISBN: 0-14-004793-X "Peter Matthiessen, the author of the classic The Snow Leopard, here takes a long view of the troubled relationship between Americans and animals. Cataloging extinctions right and left, Matthiessen, who wrote this book in the late 1950s well before the rise of the present environmental movement, documents the decline of bear and wolf, caracara and crane, salamander and chub in the face of Manifest Destiny and economic progress. It's a sa ..." |
 | | In Paradise by Peter Matthiessen Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2014 by Oneworld Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-78074-555-8, ISBN: 1-78074-555-9 "CURIOUS ANIMAL BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2014 PICK In Paradise tells the story of a group of men and women who come together for a weeklong meditation retreat at the site of a World War II concentration camp, and the grief, rage and upsetting revelations that surface during their time together. Even as it probes the suffering, conflicts, and longings of these diverse characters, In Paradise raises provocative and unanswerable metaphysical q ..." |
 | | In Paradise by Peter Matthiessen Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2014 by Oneworld Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-78074-608-1, ISBN: 1-78074-608-3 "In Paradise" |
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