Peter Matthiessen was a naturalist, explorer and writer. His works of fiction include At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Far Tortuga and the acclaimed 'Watson Trilogy'. His explorations resulted in many fine works of non-fiction, among...

African Silences is a powerful and sobering account of the cataclysmic depredation of the African landscape and its wildlife. In this critically acclaimed work Peter Matthiessen explores new terrain on a continent he has written about in...

This volume contains three pieces of travel writing by Peter Matthiessen, who joined a number of expeditions to Africa in the 1970s and 1980s - "The Tree Where Man Was Born", "African Silences" and "Sand Rivers". The book contains an...

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 paperbackWinner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50...

"Bone by Bone" ist das letzte Buch der "Watson Trilogy" von Peter Matthiessen, in dem er die faszinierende und komplexe Geschichte des Charakters Edgar J. Watson weitererzählt. Das Buch enthüllt das Leben von Watson durch eine Reihe von...

Inspired by a near-mythic event of the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the twentieth century, SHADOW COUNTRY reimagines the legend of the inspired Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E. J. Watson, who drives himself to his...

"In the Spirit of Crazy Horse" von Peter Matthiessen ist ein investigatives Sachbuch, das sich mit der Geschichte und den Kämpfen der amerikanischen Ureinwohner, insbesondere der Lakota Sioux, auseinandersetzt. Im Mittelpunkt steht der...