Peter Mattiessen has long been known for his travels to some of the remotest lands on earth, most notably recorded inThe Snow Leopard.The Cloud Forestbrings to vivid life a South American journey that took him from the Sargasso Sea to the jungles of Amazonia, from the Inca city of Machu Picchu high in the Andes to the bleak rocks of Tierra del Fuego and the winds and vast skies of Patagonia. The result is an incisive and marvellously well-observed journal by a born writer and naturalist, a voyage of exploration among the people, places and fading wildlife of this most exotic and mysterious of continents.
| ISBN: | 9780099449928 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 2003 |
| Author: | Peter Matthiessen |
| Publisher: | Vintage Books an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Genres: |
Travel |
Peter Mattiessen has long been known for his travels to some of the remotest lands on earth, most notably recorded inThe Snow Leopard.The Cloud Forestbrings to vivid life a South American journey that took him from the Sargasso Sea to the jungles of Amazonia, from the Inca city of Machu Picchu high in the Andes to the bleak rocks of Tierra del Fuego and the winds and vast skies of Patagonia. The result is an incisive and marvellously well-observed journal by a born writer and naturalist, a voyage of exploration among the people, places and fading wildlife of this most exotic and mysterious of continents.
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The Cloud Forest was written by Peter Matthiessen and published by Vintage Books an imprint of Random House
The Cloud Forest has 320 pages