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Title: The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness (Penguin Nature Classics) by Peter Matthiessen ISBN: 0-14-025507-9 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Adventures through the Pongo on a raft
Comment: What I like about Matthiessen's account is that he has no clear destination (e.g, through "some remarkably bad planning, I crossed the Andes nine times in five months")., and hence open to adventure and experience. He writes of what he sees and what affects him. He also is reflective about how he effects the local residents or native Machiguenga guides. I have some sadness that the tribes he encountered (1960's) may no longer be there. He writes honestly, not claiming superiority, for example he takes pistol shots at crocodiles. His adventure down the Urubamba was particularly compelling ... would he find the giant crocodile bones, would he find the lost city ruins? Along the way he manages to accomplish something remarkable (the traverse of the Pongo), and as any proud adventurer, tries to understand if his adventure was historically unique. For bird watchers, there is an added enjoyment of trying to identify some of the birds he describes along the way. This travel journal sets a standard for other adventurers and for my own daily journals.
Rating: 5
Summary: Eye openning
Comment: Matthiessen always teaches,in a quiet sober way.The extent of his experience coupled with a wonderful style has always made his subject fascinating.The Cloud Forest is no exception.From ornothology,Buddhisum,indigious peoples,spirituality,the environment,to his fiction... on every subject he gives the reader a clear insight.Quammen, Lopez,Finnegan,Mcgune,Proulx et al,all in one.Simply the best.
Rating: 5
Summary: What's with Ginsberg?
Comment: Macchu Picchu, a giant fossilized mandible, steam ships, and Allen Ginsberg. What can be wrong with a book that features all that. Seriously, this is a great book. Good culutral anthropology without all the anthropology to get in the way. From his depiction of the natives to his own almost childlike desire to explore and see, Matthiessen conveys a great story in a great way. Not exactly up to the Snow Leopard's level, but a great read.
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Title: The Snow Leopard (Penguin Nature Classics) by Peter Matthiessen, Edward Hoagland ISBN: 0140255087 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen, Saul Zaentz Company ISBN: 0679737413 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 December, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Blue Meridian: The Search for the Great White Shark by Peter Matthiessen ISBN: 0140265139 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: July, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Tree Where Man Was Born by Peter Matthiessen ISBN: 0140239340 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Nine-Headed Dragon River : Zen Journals 1969-1982 by Peter Matthiessen ISBN: 1570623678 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 28 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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