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The Tree Where Man Was Born

Peter Matthiessen

  • 247 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1972
  • 2 editions
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1 About this book

1. The tree where man was born -- 2. White highlands -- 3. Northwest frontier -- 4. Siringet -- 5. In Maasai -- 6. Rites of passage -- 7. Elephant kingdoms -- 8. Great caldron mountains -- 9. Red god -- 10. At Gidabembe.

Good for readers who want: nature and travel writing.

  • Natural history
  • Nature photography
  • Indigenous peoples, africa
  • Description and travel
  • Journeys
  • Civilization

2 About Peter Matthiessen

1927–2014

Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher, and onetime CIA agent. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he is the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979, category Contemporary Thought) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). He was also a prominent environmental activist.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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