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(0)Peter Matthiessen
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In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash in this novel from the National Book Award-winning author. Martin Quarrier has come to convert the elusive Niaruna Indians to his brand of Christianity. Lewis Moon, a stateless mercenary who is himself part Indian, has come to kill them on the behalf of the local comandante. Out of this struggle Peter Matthiessen creates an electrifying moral thriller-adapted...
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African Silences is a powerful and sobering account of the cataclysmic depredation of the African landscape and its wildlife. In this critically acclaimed work Peter Matthiessen explores new terrain on a continent he has written about in two previous books, A Tree Where Man Was Born — nominated for the National Book Award — and Sand Rivers.
Through his eyes we see elephants, white rhinos, gorillas, and other endangered creatures of the wild....
Through his eyes we see elephants, white rhinos, gorillas, and other endangered creatures of the wild....
3) Men's Lives
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An eloquent portrayal of a disappearing way of life of the Long Island fishermen whose voices—humorous, bitter and bewildered—are as clear as the threatened beauty of their once quiet shore.