Pantheon True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
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Over his 6-decade career, Peter Matthiessen wrote more than 30 works of fiction and nonfiction. Based on interviews and previously unseen letters and notebooks, this is the first biography of him.
- Peter Matthiessen (1927–2014), a towering figure of 20th-century American letters, wrote more than 30 works of fiction and nonfiction during his 6-decade career
- Mattheissen was also a naturalist and Zen roshi whose trailblazing work championed Native American rights and helped usher in the modern environmental movement
- Written by Lance Richardson, this is the first biography of Peter Matthiessen
- Richardson draws on full access to previously unseen letters and notebooks, as well as interviews with people close to Matthiessen: family members, lovers, friends and editors
- This book will serve as a source from which all other examinations of Matthiessen's life and work will stem for years to come
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From the publisher:
Peter Matthiessen (1927–2014), a towering figure of twentieth-century American letters, achieved so much during his lifetime, in so many different areas, that people have struggled to pin him down. One of the founding editors of the preeminent literary magazine The Paris Review, he remains the only American to have won a National Book Award for both fiction and nonfiction. He wrote more than 30 distinguished works of fiction and nonfiction during his 6-decade career; these include perennial favorites such as Wildlife in America, At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Far Tortuga, The Snow Leopard and Shadow Country.
View all Pantheon BiographiesPeter Matthiessen (1927–2014), a towering figure of twentieth-century American letters, achieved so much during his lifetime, in so many different areas, that people have struggled to pin him down. One of the founding editors of the preeminent literary magazine The Paris Review, he remains the only American to have won a National Book Award for both fiction and nonfiction. He wrote more than 30 distinguished works of fiction and nonfiction during his 6-decade career; these include perennial favorites such as Wildlife in America, At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Far Tortuga, The Snow Leopard and Shadow Country.
| Best Use | Casual |
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| Dimensions | 9.25 x 6.125 inches |
| Author(s) | Lance Richardson |
| Number of Pages | 736 |
| Format | Hardcover |
| ISBN-13 | 9781524748319 |
| Publisher | Knopf Pantheon |
| Copyright Year | 2025 |
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