Matthiessen, Peter
Overview
| Works: | 428 works in 1,799 publications in 16 languages and 62,834 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Biographical fiction Historical fiction Biography Biographies Didactic fiction Domestic fiction History Psychological fiction Autobiographies |
| Roles: | Author, Interviewee, Narrator, Bibliographic antecedent, Editor, Author of introduction, Author of screenplay, Other, Contributor, Creator, the |
| Classifications: | PS3563.A8584, 813.54 |
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Most widely held works about
Peter Matthiessen
- The snow leopard by Peter Matthiessen( Book )
- African silences by Peter Matthiessen( Book )
- Nine-headed dragon river : Zen journals, 1969-1985 by Peter Matthiessen( Book )
- End of the earth : voyages to Antarctica by Peter Matthiessen( Book )
- The tree where man was born by Peter Matthiessen( Book )
- Peter Matthiessen by William Dowie( Book )
- The land's wild music : encounters with Barry Lopez, Peter Matthiessen, Terry Tempest Williams, and James Galvin by Mark Tredinnick( )
- Baikal : sacred sea of Siberia by Peter Matthiessen( Book )
- The cloud forest : a chronicle of the South American wilderness by Peter Matthiessen( Book )
- Peter Matthiessen and ecological imagination by Intaek Oh( )
- East of Lo Monthang : in the land of Mustang by Peter Matthiessen( Book )
- At play in the fields of the Lord by Hector Babenco( Visual )
- The tree where man was born by Peter Matthiessen( )
- Contemporary literary criticism( )
- Peter Matthiessen : in conversation with Howard Norman( Visual )
- The cloud forest : a chronicle of the South American wilderness by Peter Matthiessen( )
- Peter Matthiessen : an annotated bibliography by William H Roberson( Book )
- Peter Matthiessen : no boundaries( Visual )
- Peter Matthiessen, a bibliography, 1951-1979 by D Nicholas( Book )
- Are we there yet? : a Zen journey through space and time by Peter Matthiessen( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Peter Matthiessen
In the spirit of Crazy Horse by
Peter Matthiessen(
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37 editions published between 1983 and 2017 in English and held by 3,518 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An investigative account of the fatal shout-out between FBI agents and American Indians in 1975
37 editions published between 1983 and 2017 in English and held by 3,518 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An investigative account of the fatal shout-out between FBI agents and American Indians in 1975
At play in the fields of the Lord by
Peter Matthiessen(
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60 editions published between 1965 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 2,582 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A tale of two men's experiences with a native Indian tribe in the Brazilian rain forest. Despite their separate missions, both men converge in their respect for the native culture and their zeal to protect the Indians from imminent invasion
60 editions published between 1965 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 2,582 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A tale of two men's experiences with a native Indian tribe in the Brazilian rain forest. Despite their separate missions, both men converge in their respect for the native culture and their zeal to protect the Indians from imminent invasion
Killing Mister Watson by
Peter Matthiessen(
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35 editions published between 1989 and 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Novel about the man usually credited with killing Belle Starr
35 editions published between 1989 and 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Novel about the man usually credited with killing Belle Starr
Wildlife in America by
Peter Matthiessen(
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40 editions published between 1959 and 1995 in 3 languages and held by 2,220 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book "bears a strong conservation message for both naturalists and the general reader. It is a history of the vanishing North American wildlife and account of what is being done to prevent its extinction. Region by region, the continent's wild animals and birds that man has decimated or exterminated are described."
40 editions published between 1959 and 1995 in 3 languages and held by 2,220 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This book "bears a strong conservation message for both naturalists and the general reader. It is a history of the vanishing North American wildlife and account of what is being done to prevent its extinction. Region by region, the continent's wild animals and birds that man has decimated or exterminated are described."
Shadow country : a new rendering of the Watson legend by
Peter Matthiessen(
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33 editions published between 2008 and 2013 in English and held by 2,172 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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 relentlessly toward his own violent end at the hands of neighbors who mostly admired him, in a killing that obsessed his favorite son.--From publisher description
33 editions published between 2008 and 2013 in English and held by 2,172 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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 relentlessly toward his own violent end at the hands of neighbors who mostly admired him, in a killing that obsessed his favorite son.--From publisher description
In paradise by
Peter Matthiessen(
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25 editions published between 2014 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,062 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"From the two-time National Book Award winning author of The Snow Leopard and Shadow Country, a short, powerful novel about an American professor of Holocaust Studies who, over the course of a weeklong spiritual retreat at Auschwitz, is forced to grapple with his own past and a family secret. . ."--
25 editions published between 2014 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,062 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"From the two-time National Book Award winning author of The Snow Leopard and Shadow Country, a short, powerful novel about an American professor of Holocaust Studies who, over the course of a weeklong spiritual retreat at Auschwitz, is forced to grapple with his own past and a family secret. . ."--
Indian country by
Peter Matthiessen(
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23 editions published between 1984 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,947 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author examines the white man's encroachment on the lands of the Miccosukee, Hopi, Cherokee, Mohawk, Yurok, Karuk, Dakota, Chumash, Paiute, Shoshone, Ute and Navajo
23 editions published between 1984 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,947 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author examines the white man's encroachment on the lands of the Miccosukee, Hopi, Cherokee, Mohawk, Yurok, Karuk, Dakota, Chumash, Paiute, Shoshone, Ute and Navajo
Far Tortuga by
Peter Matthiessen(
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42 editions published between 1974 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 1,862 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A West Indian turtle-fishing expedition meets with failure, and desperation and discord affect the ragged crew who are beset with superstition and belief in tales of pirates, storms and other folkloric episodes. Finally in a desperate gamble to find the turtles, the captain sets sail for the legendary inlet south of Cuba, Far Tortuga
42 editions published between 1974 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 1,862 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A West Indian turtle-fishing expedition meets with failure, and desperation and discord affect the ragged crew who are beset with superstition and belief in tales of pirates, storms and other folkloric episodes. Finally in a desperate gamble to find the turtles, the captain sets sail for the legendary inlet south of Cuba, Far Tortuga
The tree where man was born by
Peter Matthiessen(
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33 editions published between 1972 and 1998 in 4 languages and held by 1,762 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1. The tree where man was born -- 2. White highlands -- 3. Northwest frontier -- 4. Siringet -- 5. In Maasai -- 6. Rites of passage -- 7. Elephant kingdoms -- 8. Great caldron mountains -- 9. Red god -- 10. At Gidabembe
33 editions published between 1972 and 1998 in 4 languages and held by 1,762 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1. The tree where man was born -- 2. White highlands -- 3. Northwest frontier -- 4. Siringet -- 5. In Maasai -- 6. Rites of passage -- 7. Elephant kingdoms -- 8. Great caldron mountains -- 9. Red god -- 10. At Gidabembe
Sal si puedes; Cesar Chavez and the new American Revolution by
Peter Matthiessen(
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35 editions published between 1969 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 1,709 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author describes the struggle of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee in their attempt to organize the farm laborers of California. He details their partial success through boycotts and strikes to better their working conditions
35 editions published between 1969 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 1,709 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author describes the struggle of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee in their attempt to organize the farm laborers of California. He details their partial success through boycotts and strikes to better their working conditions
Tigers in the snow by
Peter Matthiessen(
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18 editions published between 1999 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 1,509 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of the threatened Siberian tiger as it struggles to exist in the little-populated Russian Far East
18 editions published between 1999 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 1,509 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of the threatened Siberian tiger as it struggles to exist in the little-populated Russian Far East
The snow leopard by
Peter Matthiessen(
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86 editions published between 1978 and 2016 in 11 languages and held by 1,507 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When Matthiessen went to Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and, possibly, to glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard, he undertook his five-week trek as winter snows were sweeping into the high passes. This is a radiant and deeply moving account of a "true pilgrimage, a journey of the heart."
86 editions published between 1978 and 2016 in 11 languages and held by 1,507 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When Matthiessen went to Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and, possibly, to glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard, he undertook his five-week trek as winter snows were sweeping into the high passes. This is a radiant and deeply moving account of a "true pilgrimage, a journey of the heart."
Lost Man's River by
Peter Matthiessen(
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22 editions published between 1997 and 2013 in English and held by 1,469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A son in Florida seeks the truth about his father, a hunter executed by a lynch mob. History has it that Edgar Watson was a cold-blooded killer, but was he really so evil? As he talks to oldtimers, Lucius Watson learns about the smugglers and outlaws who populated the Everglades early this century
22 editions published between 1997 and 2013 in English and held by 1,469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A son in Florida seeks the truth about his father, a hunter executed by a lynch mob. History has it that Edgar Watson was a cold-blooded killer, but was he really so evil? As he talks to oldtimers, Lucius Watson learns about the smugglers and outlaws who populated the Everglades early this century
Bone by bone : a novel by
Peter Matthiessen(
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21 editions published between 1999 and 2015 in English and held by 1,463 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A novel on a sugar baron's rise to riches by violence and murder. He is E.J. Watson, a 19th century pioneer who builds a sugar-cane empire in Florida on the back of blacks. Third volume in a trilogy which began with Killing Mister Watson
21 editions published between 1999 and 2015 in English and held by 1,463 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A novel on a sugar baron's rise to riches by violence and murder. He is E.J. Watson, a 19th century pioneer who builds a sugar-cane empire in Florida on the back of blacks. Third volume in a trilogy which began with Killing Mister Watson
Under the mountain wall : a chronicle of two seasons in the stone age by
Peter Matthiessen(
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50 editions published between 1903 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,389 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In the Baliem Valley in central New Guinea live the Kurelu, a Stone Age tribe that survived into the twentieth century. Peter Matthiessen visited the Kurelu with the Harvard-Peabody expedition in 1961 and wrote Under the mountain wall as an account not of the expedition, but of the great warrior Weaklekek, the swineherd, Tukum, U-mue and his family, and the boy Weake, killed in a surprise raid"--Page 4 of cover
50 editions published between 1903 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,389 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In the Baliem Valley in central New Guinea live the Kurelu, a Stone Age tribe that survived into the twentieth century. Peter Matthiessen visited the Kurelu with the Harvard-Peabody expedition in 1961 and wrote Under the mountain wall as an account not of the expedition, but of the great warrior Weaklekek, the swineherd, Tukum, U-mue and his family, and the boy Weake, killed in a surprise raid"--Page 4 of cover
The birds of heaven : travels with cranes by
Peter Matthiessen(
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16 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and held by 1,377 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Cranes are ubiquitous in the earliest legends of the world's peoples, where they often figure as sentinels of heaven and omens of longevity and good fortune. For their great beauty and imposing size - they are the largest of all flying birds on earth - they are held near-sacred in many lands. Their broad wilderness habitat requirements make them "umbrella species": protecting them ensures that other creatures and the earth and water of the ecosystem are also protected. In addition, the enormous spans of cranes' migrations have encouraged international conservation efforts." "In The Birds of Heaven, Peter Matthiessen chronicles his many journeys in search of the world's fifteen species of cranes. From the vast taiga of Siberia's Amur basin and the Mongolian steppe, breeding grounds for the glorious red-crowned and white-naped cranes, his travels take him to India, Bhutan, China, Japan, and Korea, then on to Australia, Africa, and western Europe (where the native crane is being encouraged to return), and finally to Wisconsin, Nebraska, the Gulf Coast, and Florida, where ingenious efforts are under way to establish a nonmigratory population of the rare whooping crane. He is accompanied by erudite and passionate ornithologists and "craniacs," along with many fascinating regional people, from Mongolian nomads to Gujarati nawabs. Through their eyes as well as his own, he portrays the astonishingly tenacious cranes' struggles to survive in a rapidly developing world in which man is leaving less and less place for other creatures. He also captures the deep loss to humankind should these majestic creatures - their majesty illuminated by Robert Bateman's eloquent renderings - be permitted to disappear."--Jacket
16 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and held by 1,377 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Cranes are ubiquitous in the earliest legends of the world's peoples, where they often figure as sentinels of heaven and omens of longevity and good fortune. For their great beauty and imposing size - they are the largest of all flying birds on earth - they are held near-sacred in many lands. Their broad wilderness habitat requirements make them "umbrella species": protecting them ensures that other creatures and the earth and water of the ecosystem are also protected. In addition, the enormous spans of cranes' migrations have encouraged international conservation efforts." "In The Birds of Heaven, Peter Matthiessen chronicles his many journeys in search of the world's fifteen species of cranes. From the vast taiga of Siberia's Amur basin and the Mongolian steppe, breeding grounds for the glorious red-crowned and white-naped cranes, his travels take him to India, Bhutan, China, Japan, and Korea, then on to Australia, Africa, and western Europe (where the native crane is being encouraged to return), and finally to Wisconsin, Nebraska, the Gulf Coast, and Florida, where ingenious efforts are under way to establish a nonmigratory population of the rare whooping crane. He is accompanied by erudite and passionate ornithologists and "craniacs," along with many fascinating regional people, from Mongolian nomads to Gujarati nawabs. Through their eyes as well as his own, he portrays the astonishingly tenacious cranes' struggles to survive in a rapidly developing world in which man is leaving less and less place for other creatures. He also captures the deep loss to humankind should these majestic creatures - their majesty illuminated by Robert Bateman's eloquent renderings - be permitted to disappear."--Jacket
Sand rivers by
Peter Matthiessen(
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18 editions published between 1980 and 1982 in English and held by 1,360 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Recounts his safari to the Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania
18 editions published between 1980 and 1982 in English and held by 1,360 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Recounts his safari to the Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania
Sal si puedes (Escape if you can) : Cesar Chavez and the new American revolution by
Peter Matthiessen(
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13 editions published between 2000 and 2014 in English and held by 1,330 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A new postscript by the author brings the reader up to date as to the events that have unfolded since the writing of Sal Si Puedes. Ilan Stavans's insightful foreword considers the significance of Chavez's legacy for our time. Besides serving as an indispensable guide to the sixties, this book rejuvenates the extraordinary vitality of Chavez's life and spirit, giving his message a renewed and much-needed urgency."--Jacket
13 editions published between 2000 and 2014 in English and held by 1,330 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A new postscript by the author brings the reader up to date as to the events that have unfolded since the writing of Sal Si Puedes. Ilan Stavans's insightful foreword considers the significance of Chavez's legacy for our time. Besides serving as an indispensable guide to the sixties, this book rejuvenates the extraordinary vitality of Chavez's life and spirit, giving his message a renewed and much-needed urgency."--Jacket
Exiled in the land of the free : democracy, Indian nations, and the U.S. Constitution by
Oren Lyons(
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3 editions published between 1991 and 1992 in English and held by 1,170 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Focuses "primarily on the Iroquois Confederacy and its relations with European nations contending for control of the New World."
3 editions published between 1991 and 1992 in English and held by 1,170 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Focuses "primarily on the Iroquois Confederacy and its relations with European nations contending for control of the New World."
At play in the fields of the lord by
Peter Matthiessen(
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30 editions published between 1991 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 984 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A tale of two men's experiences with a native Indian tribe in the Brazilian rain forest. Despite their separate missions, both men converge in their respect for the native culture and their zeal to protect the Indians from imminent invasion
30 editions published between 1991 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 984 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A tale of two men's experiences with a native Indian tribe in the Brazilian rain forest. Despite their separate missions, both men converge in their respect for the native culture and their zeal to protect the Indians from imminent invasion
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Related Identities
- Watson, Edgar J. 1855-1910
- Peltier, Leonard Interviewee
- Chavez, Cesar 1927-1993
- American Indian Movement
- Guidall, George Narrator
- Bateman, Robert 1930- Illustrator
- United Farm Workers
- Lawick, Hugo van 1937-
- Inouye, Daniel K. 1924-2012 Author of introduction
- Hines, Bob Illustrator
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Africa Africa, East Amazon River Region American Indian Movement Animal ecology Authors, American Brazil Central America Chavez, Cesar, Cranes (Birds) Endangered species Family secrets Fathers and sons Fishing Florida Florida--Everglades Frontier and pioneer life Himalaya Mountains Human ecology Hunting Indian mythology Indians of North America--Government relations Indians of North America--Land tenure Indians of South America Jewish women Kenya Labor unions Matthiessen, Peter Missionaries Murder Murderers Natural history Naturalists North America Oglala Indians--Government relations Peltier, Leonard Russia (Federation)--Russian Far East Shipwrecks Shipwreck survival South America Sugarcane Tanzania Tanzania--Selous Game Reserve Teachers Tiger Travel United States Watson, Edgar J., Wildlife conservation Zoology
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Alternative Names
Matthiesen, Peter
Matthiesen, Peter 1927-
Matthiessen, Peter 1927-
Peter Matthiessen Ameerika Ühendriikide romaanikirjanik
Peter Matthiessen American novelist
Peter Matthiessen Amerikaans auteur
Peter Matthiessen novel·lista estatunidenc
Peter Matthiessen novelista estadounidense
Peter Matthiessen romancier américain
Peter Matthiessen scrittore e naturalista statunitense
Peter Matthiessen US-amerikanischer Autor, Umweltschützer und Naturschützer
Petrus Matthiessen
Петер Матисен
Питер Маттиссен
Питър Матисън американски писател
Փիթեր Մաթիսեն
بيتر ماتيسن روائي أمريكي
پیتر ماتیسن نویسنده آمریکایی
പീറ്റർ മാറ്റ്തീസ്സിയൻ
마티센, 피터 1927-2014
매티슨, 피터 1927-2014
ピーター・マシーセン
マシーセン, ピーター
マシーセン, ピーター 1927-2014
彼得·馬西森
彼得·馬西森 1927-2014
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