{"product_id":"the-peter-matthiessen-reader","title":"The Peter Matthiessen Reader","description":"\"Our greatest modern nature writer in the lyrical tradition.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Matthiessen is a great travel companion. . . . His knowledge of plants, animals and people is breathtaking.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps no writer has better articulated our relationship to the environment than Peter Matthiessen. From \u003cb\u003eWildlife in America\u003c\/b\u003e to \u003cb\u003eMen's Lives\u003c\/b\u003e, his work has captured the wonder of the natural world--and the horrors of resource exploitation, with its violent effects on traditional peoples and the poor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eThe Peter Matthiessen Reader\u003c\/b\u003e, editor McKay Jenkins presents a single-volume collection of this distinguished author's nonfiction. Here are essays and excerpts that highlight the spiritual, literary, and political daring so crucial to Matthiessen's vision. Matthiessen chronicles his 250-mile trek across the Himalaya to the Tibetan Plateau in a selection from the National Book Award winner \u003cb\u003eThe Snow Leopard\u003c\/b\u003e. Wild peoples, wilderness, and wildlife--common themes throughout Matthiessen's oeuvre--are examined with grace and power in \u003cb\u003eThe Tree Where Man Was Born\u003c\/b\u003e. Here too are excerpts from \u003cb\u003eIndian Country\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eIn the Spirit of Crazy Horse\u003c\/b\u003e, Matthiessen's stunning exposé of the Leonard Peltier case and the ongoing conflict between the U.S. government and the American Indian Movement. Comprehensive and engrossing, \u003cb\u003eThe Peter Matthiessen Reader\u003c\/b\u003e celebrates an American voice unequaled in its commitment to literature's noblest aspiration: to challenge us to perceive our world--as well as ourselves--truthfully and clearly.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50951130808608,"sku":"9780375702723","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780375702723.jpg?v=1763632889","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/the-peter-matthiessen-reader","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}