Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer and CIA agent. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he was a 2008 National Book Award winner. He was also a prominent environmental activist. His nonfiction featured nature and travel, notably The Snow Leopard (1978) and American Indian issues and history, such as a detailed and controversial study of the Leonard Peltier case, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1983). His fiction was adapted for film: the early story "Travelin' Man" was made into The Young One (1960) by Luis Buñuel and the novel At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965) into the 1991 film of the same name.
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👁 Cover of: The tree where man was born, [text]
First published in 1969
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👁 Cover of: Wildlife in America
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First published in 1959
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👁 Cover of: Far Tortuga
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First published in 1975
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👁 Cover of: Shadow country
First published in 2008
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👁 Cover of: Sand rivers
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First published in 1980
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👁 Cover of: Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982 (Shambhala Dragon Editions)
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First published in 1986
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👁 Cover of: Indian country
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First published in 1984
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👁 Cover of: The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes
First published in 2003
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👁 Cover of: Killing Mr. Watson
First published in 1990
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👁 Cover of: East of Lo Monthang: in the land of Mustang
First published in 1995
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Fiction, Description and travel, Travel, Natural history, Journeys, Biography, History, Florida, fiction, Zoology, Frontier and pioneer life, Watson, edgar j., 1855-1910, fiction, American Authors, Endangered species, Agricultural laborers, Animal ecology, Fiction, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Indians of North America, Murderers, Natural history, africa, Pictorial works, Religion, Zen Buddhism, Africa, description and travel, Authors, americanPlaces
United States, Africa, Everglades (Fla.), North America, Florida, South America, East Africa, Russia (Federation), Southern Africa, Alaska, Amazon River Region, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Indonesia, Long Island, Long Island (N.Y.), Nepal, New York (State), Nunivak Island, Nunivak Island (Alaska), Papua, Russian Far East, Baikal, Lake (Russia), California, Caribbean AreaPeople
Peter Matthiessen, Edgar J. Watson (1855-1910), Peter Mathiessen, Peter Mattiessen, A. Andrae, Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez (1927-), Cesar Chavez (1927-1993), Edgar J. Watson, Erskine Thompson, Leonard Peltier, Lucius Watson, Thomas LairdMy Reading Lists:
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- OLID: OL27672A
- GoodReads: 6975
- ISNI: 0000000120956294
- IMDb: nm0560249
- Library of Congress Names: n50006569
- VIAF: 14773612
- Wikidata: Q892108
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q892108
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Alternative names
- PETER MATTHIESSEN
- Matthiessen Peter