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1. 1. True Nature

   The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen

   

   A concise biography of Peter Matthiessen that follows his life as a novelist, naturalist, and Zen teacher. It covers his early literary work (including cofounding The Paris Review), adventurous field expeditions—from the Amazon and New Guinea to the Himalayas—his influential nature writing and advocacy on environmental and Native American issues, and his lifelong spiritual search, presented without revealing major personal spoilers.

   The 12894th Greatest Book of All Time

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