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African Silences
• Peter Matthiessen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In this narrative of Equatorial Africa, Matthiessen recounts several trips to The Gambia, Senegal, Zaire and the Congo Basin in search of rhinos, elephants and other endangered wildlife.
(WAF36, $13.00)
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord
• Peter Matthiessen
• LITERATURE
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Matthiessen's wonderfully written thriller set in the Amazon.
(AMZ29, $14.95)
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Cloud Forest, A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
• Peter Matthiessen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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Matthiessen recounts with wit, insight and style his odyssey to the Amazon and Andes, including Machu Picchu and Tierra del Fuego.
(SAM02, $16.00)
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End of the Earth, Voyaging to Antarctica
• Peter Matthiessen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In this fine book, the result of two voyages, Matthiessen captures the magic of polar landscapes and wildlife, along with the camaraderie of a ship-based polar expedition.
(ANT190, $15.00)
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Killing Mister Watson
• Peter Matthiessen
• LITERATURE
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Matthiessen tells a gripping story of frontier life in the Everglades, weaving historic news accounts and plenty of natural history into his fictional tale.
(FLA03, $14.95)
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Lost Man's River
• Peter Matthiessen
• LITERATURE
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Matthiessen's novel continues the story of Mr. Watson in southern Florida.
(FLA10, $15.95)
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Shadow Country
• Peter Matthiessen
• LITERATURE
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Matthiessen revisits and reworks his tale of Florida sugarcane farmer and infamous murderer Edgar J. Watson in this reprise of his classic trilogy Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man's River and Bone by Bone.
(FLA72, $40.00)
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The Snow Leopard
• Peter Matthiessen
• EXPLORATION
• FAVORITE
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The most perceptive, acutely observed and personal of all his books, Peter Matthiessen's vivid account of a five-week journey with George Schaller combines their quest for the magnificent cat with a moving introduction to Buddhism and the people and culture of the Himalayas
(NPL03, $15.00)
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Tigers in the Snow
• Peter Matthiessen
• Maurice Hornocker
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A lyrical tribute to the Siberian Tiger. Matthiessen writes movingly of tigers, their dwindling habitat and the people devoted to studying them.
(SIB10, $15.00)
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The Tree Where Man Was Born
• Peter Matthiessen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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This classic portrait of East Africa, enthralling in its detail on nature and daily life, takes in the Maasai, Ngorongoro, the Kenyan highlands and Mathiessen's field trips, safaris and adventures in the Serengeti.
(EAF27, $17.00)
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Under the Mountain Wall, A Chronicle of Two Seasons in Stone Age New Guinea
• Peter Matthiessen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Among our finest writers on natural history and culture, Matthiessen describes his wanderings in central New Guinea with sensitivity and insight. Enormously enjoyable.
(NGA04, $19.00)
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