Peter Matthiessen has written at least 31 books. Their most popular book is The Snow Leopard with 62 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 • 62 Readers • 368 pages • 4.1
2008 • 19 Readers • 912 pages • 3.5
1983 • 14 Readers • 688 pages • 4.7
1965 • 12 Readers • 387 pages • 4.3
2014 • 7 Readers • 274 pages • 4
1975 • 4 Readers • 416 pages
2010 • 3 Readers • 306 pages
1991 • 2 Readers • 240 pages • 1
1978 • 2 Readers • 352 pages • 2
1986 • 2 Readers
1978 • 1 Reader
1991 • 1 Reader • 238 pages • 5
1841 • 1 Reader • 564 pages
1984 • 1 Reader • 338 pages
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1999 • 1 Reader • 5
1977 • 1 Reader • 336 pages
2012 • 1 Reader • 320 pages
2017 • 1 Reader • 360 pages
1983 • 1 Reader
1996 • 331 pages
2009 • 317 pages