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5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful collection by the modern Thoreau,
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This review is from: The Peter Matthiessen Reader (Paperback)
This is a book any nature lover should pick up. I'd heard Matthiessen's name but sadly hadn't read any of his work until now, and what a great collection this is to start off with. Matthiessen writes about the world around us vividly, lyrically and eloquently, without getting TOO florid and new-agey as some nature writers tend to do. He travels the world in this collection spanning his career, from shark observations to Himalayan treks to African safaris to New England fishing villages, always honest and compulsively readable. His description of a pack of wild dogs hunting zebra in Africa ranks with the best passages about wildlife I've ever read, and will floor you.
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The Peter Matthiessen Reader by Peter Matthiessen (Paperback - January 4, 2000)
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