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Peter Matthiessen

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12 picks · 1961–1993

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SAND RIVERS
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about a foot safari made by the writer in September, 1979, in the far south of the Selous Game Reserve, in Tanzania. He went with Brian …

II-THE SNOW LEOPARD
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about a walking journey in the Himalayan mountains to the Crystal Monatery in northwest Nepal near the Tibetan frontier. Writer's …

I-THE SNOW LEOPARD
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about a journey, beginning in late Sept., 1973, to the Crystal Mountain. Writer walked west under Annapurna and north along the Kali …

Cesar Chavez’s History-Making Hunger Strike
profiles ·

Part 1 of Peter Matthiessen’s Profile of the organizer discusses Chavez’s launch of the grape workers’ boycott, headquartered in Delano, California, his month-long fast, and his visit with Robert F. Kennedy.

TO THE MISKITO BANK.
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about a visit to Grand Cayman, remote island in the Caribbean & a turtle fishing Voyage to the Miskito Bank on the ship Lydia E. Wilson, …