Peter Matthiessen

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Shadow Country

Peter Matthiessen

2008 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERPeter Matthiessen's great American epic–Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man's River, and Bone by Bone–was conceived as one vast mysterious novel, but because of its length it was originally broken up int...

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Published: Dec 2008

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

Peter Matthiessen

Set in the South American jungle, this thriller follows the clash between two misplaced gringos--one who has come to convert the Indians to Christianity, and one who has been hired to kill them. Now the basis for a major motion pictur...

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Published: Dec 1991

Killing Mister Watson

Peter Matthiessen

Drawn from fragments of historical fact, Matthiessen's masterpiece brilliantly depicts the fortunes and misfortunes of Edgar J. Watson, a real-life entrepreneur and outlaw who appeared in the lawless Florida Everglades around the turn...

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Published: Jul 1991

Far Tortuga

Peter Matthiessen

An adventure story and a deeply considered meditation upon the sea itself.

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Published: Jan 1988

In Paradise

Peter Matthiessen

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, ...

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Published: Feb 2015

Lost Man's River

Peter Matthiessen

In this darkly compelling drama of fathers and sons, land and rapacity, murder, honor, and revenge, an 'extraordinarily accomplished writer' ('Philadelphia Inquirer') returns to the primeval landscape of the Florida Everglades, the se...

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Published: Sep 1998

The Snow Leopard: (Penguin Orange Col...

Peter Matthiessen

Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback  For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin...

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Published: Sep 2016

The Tree Where Man Was Born

Peter Matthiessen

In this classic volume, Matthiessen exquisitely combines both nature and travel writing to bring East Africa to vivid life. He skillfully portrays the daily lives of herdsmen and hunter-gatherers; the drama of the predator kills; the ...

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Published: Aug 2010
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