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The Snow Leopard

Peter Matthiessen

1979312 pagesabout 5–7 hours
1979
first published
  • 1978Viking Press · 338 pages · ENGISBN 9780670653744
  • 1979Bantam Books · 350 pages · ENGISBN 9780553123432
  • 1980Pan · 312 pages · ENGISBN 9780330261616
  • 1987Penguin Books · 338 pages · ENGISBN 9780140102666
  • 1989Collins Harvill · 312 pages · ENGISBN 9780002720250
  • 1998Vintage · 312 pages · ENGISBN 9780099771111
  • 2008Penguin books · 368 pages · ENGISBN 9780143105510
  • 1987Penguin · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9780140255089
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This lovely book (1978) describes a two month search for the snow leopard with naturalist George Schaller in the Dolpo region of Nepal. The book combines the search for the snow leopard with a search for inner meaning (Zen Buddism)

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ThemesNature
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