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THE SNOW LEOPARD Peter Matthiessen 1978 Book Club Edition or Ex Lib Hardcover DJ Near Fine
By Matthiessen, Peter
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New York, Viking, 1978, book club edition, or reprint, Ex Lib. 298 pp. Hardcover with chipped dust jacket. Book and DJ are VG. fine.
Matthiessen's National Book Award-winning volume, recounting a trip to the Himalayas with naturalist George Schaller in the hopes both of encountering a snow leopard in the wild and of coming to terms with his wife's recent death from cancer. Matthiessen combines natural history, personal reflection and an exploration of the Buddhist religion native to the area. His study, and practice, of Buddhism later resulted in his becoming an ordained Zen priest.
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