Peter Matthiessen has written at least 28 books. Their most popular book is The Snow Leopard with 61 saves with an average rating of 4.12⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Adventure, Classics, and Travel.
dark is their most common moods.
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.
1978 • 61 Readers • 368 pages • 4.1
2008 • 15 Readers • 912 pages • 3.5
1965 • 12 Readers • 387 pages • 4.3
1983 • 6 Readers • 688 pages
4 Readers • 3
1975 • 4 Readers • 416 pages
2010 • 3 Readers • 306 pages
1991 • 2 Readers • 240 pages • 1
1986 • 2 Readers
1 Reader
1999 • 1 Reader • 5
2017 • 1 Reader • 360 pages
1984 • 1 Reader • 338 pages
1977 • 1 Reader • 336 pages
1978 • 1 Reader • 352 pages • 2
1991 • 1 Reader • 238 pages • 5
1983 • 1 Reader
1 Reader
1996 • 331 pages
2009 • 317 pages