Peter Matthiessen has 115 books on Goodreads with 166917 ratings. Peter Matthiessen’s most popular book is The Snow Leopard.

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Peter Matthiessen (born May 22, 1927, New York, New York, U.S.—died April 5, 2014, Sagaponack) was an American novelist, naturalist, and wilderness writer whose work dealt with the destructive effects of encroaching technology on preindustrial cultures and the natural …

Peter Matthiessen. Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, and CIA officer. He was also a co-founder of The Paris Review and won the National Book Award for Fiction and Nonfiction.

Peter Matthiessen The literary giant and naturalist wrote more than 30 books as well as numerous magazine articles, including for Audubon. A friend and writer shares his memories of the author's later years.

A complete list of all Peter Matthiessen's books in order (14 books). Browse plot descriptions, book covers, genres, pseudonyms, ratings and awards.

In The Snow Leopard, author Peter Matthiessen writes of his two month trek with naturalist and zoologist George Schaller as they search for blue sheep (bharal) and possibly, hopefully, a snow leopard too. This was in the fall of 1973, in the Dolpo Region of the Tibetan Plateau in the …

Apr 6, 2014 · Author Peter Matthiessen, who used fiction and nonfiction to explore how man relates to nature, has died at 86. The revered naturalist and novelist had been suffering from leukemia; he died...

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Peter Matthiessen was born in New York City in 1927 and had already begun his writing career by the time he graduated from Yale University in 1950. The following year, he was a founder of The Paris Review.

Peter Matthiessen was an American naturalist, author of historical fiction and non-fiction, and co-founder of The Paris Review. Matthiessen's work is known for its meticulous approach to research. He frequently focused on American Indian issues and history, as in his detailed …

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.

At Play in the Fields of the Lord is a 1965 novel by Peter Matthiessen. [1] A film adapted from the book was released in 1991. A 2009 audiobook version was read by actor Anthony Heald.It was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. "In a malarial outpost in the South American …

Mar 28, 2025 · “I call him the Zen master of birds,” Peter Matthiessen said. Listen to this article · 7:43 min Learn more. ... Mr. Emanuel wasn’t interested in sports or comic books; he spent his summer ...