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...
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Peter MatthiessenSet 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...
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...
An adventure story and a deeply considered meditation upon the sea itself.
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, ...
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...
The Snow Leopard: (Penguin Orange Col...
Peter MatthiessenPart 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...
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 ...