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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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Born May 22, 1927
Died April 5, 2014

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  • Cover of: The Snow leopard

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  • Cover of: North American Indians: being letters and notes on their manners, customs, and conditions, written during eight years' travel amongst the wildest tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839

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  • Cover of: In the spirit of Crazy Horse

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  • Cover of: At play in the fields of the Lord

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  • Cover of: Under the mountain wall: a chronicle of two seasons in Stone Age New Guinea

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  • Cover of: The tree where man was born

    First published in 1969 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Wildlife in America

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  • Cover of: Far Tortuga

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  • Cover of: The cloud forest: a chronicle of the South American wilderness.

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  • Cover of: Shadow country

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  • Cover of: Blue meridian: the search for the great white shark.

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  • Cover of: Sand rivers

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  • Cover of: Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982 (Shambhala Dragon Editions)

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  • Cover of: Sal si puedes: Cesar Chavez and the new American Revolution.

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    First published in 1990 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Under the mountain wall: a chronicle of two seasons in the stone age

    First published in 1963 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Indian country

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    First published in 1995 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes

    First published in 2003 — 4 editions
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Born May 22, 1927
Died April 5, 2014

Subjects

Description and travel, Fiction, Travel, Natural history, History, Biography, Florida, fiction, Zoology, Frontier and pioneer life, Journeys, Watson, edgar j., 1855-1910, fiction, Endangered species, Agricultural laborers, American Authors, 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, american

Places

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 Area

People

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 Laird

Time

20th century, 1865-, 1870 - 1930, 1890s, 1910, 1934-, 1951-, 1974, 19th century

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Alternative names

  • PETER MATTHIESSEN
  • Matthiessen Peter

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
December 6, 2019 Edited by Lisa merge authors
August 13, 2018 Edited by mountainaxe1 Edited without comment.
August 13, 2018 Edited by mountainaxe1 Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import