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Peter Matthiessen has written eight novels, includingAt Play in the Fields of the Lord(nominated for the National Book Award) andFar 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 includeThe Tree Where Man Was Born(another National Book Award nominee) andThe Snow Leopard(a National Book Award winner). He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1974.Matthiessen, Peter is the author of 'Shadow Country', published 2008 under ISBN 9780679640196 and ISBN 0679640193.
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