The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen is a first-hand account of the author’s trip through the Himalayas with biologist Dr. George Schaller, in search of the elusive snow leopard. Schaller is also obsessed with finding a bharal, a rare blue sheep that is a mix between a traditional sheep and a goat. Unfavorable weather conditions make the trip treacherous, but things take a better turn when they find several herds of bharal. Matthiessen regards this trip as a spiritual journey that will help him deal with the death of his wife. He soon returns home to his family as Schaller stays on Crystal Mountain; where he sends confirmation of an encounter with a snow leopard.
Peter Matthiessen is widely considered one of the most important wilderness writers of the twentieth century. In fiction and nonfiction alike, he explores endangered natural environments and human cul...
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Peter Matthiessen's increasingly substantial reputation as a novelist rests firmly on two remarkable books. Although he wrote three promising early novels, his two best-known works of fiction are sure...
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Peter Matthiessen is among a handful of American authors to be nominated for the National Book Award in both fiction and nonfiction--for the novel At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965) and the trav...
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While Peter Matthiessen's publications include several well-received novels, his reputation as a writer rests largely on his nonfiction nature books, which passionately yet scientifically document the...
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Peter Matthiessen was born on May 22, 1927, in New York City to Elizabeth Carey and Erard Matthiessen. "I am a New Yorker by birth, not inclination; I have never remained there very long."My formative...
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Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen