Shadow Country

Matthiessen, Peter

ISBN 10: 0679640193 / ISBN 13: 9780679640196

Published by Modern Library, New York, 2008

About this Item

892pp. Octavo [21cm]. Bound in gray cloth, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Very subtle rubbing and light bumping to extremities. Slight indent at head of spine. Dust jacket a touch rubbed. Inscribed by Peter Matthiesen on the title page. A streamlined and revised version of the "Killing Mr. Watson" trilogy.

Seller Inventory # 68276

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shadow Country
• Publisher: Modern Library, New York
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679640193
• ISBN 13: 9780679640196
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Third printing.
• Condition: Very Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
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About this title

Synopsis

A richly textured reworking of the author's classic trilogy--Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man's River, and Bone by Bone--chronicles the legacy of E. J. Watson, a notorious desperado gunned down by his neighbors along the lawless nineteenth-century frontier of the Florida Everglades. 15,000 first printing.

About the Author

Peter Matthiessen has written eight novels, including At Play in the Fields of the Lord (nominated for the National Book Award) and Far Tortuga, and also a book of short stories, On the River Styx. His parallel career as a naturalist and environmental activist has produced numerous acclaimed works of nonfiction, most of them serialized in The New Yorker; these include The Tree Where Man Was Born (another National Book Award nominee) and The Snow Leopard (a National Book Award winner). He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1974.