num_pages: 338
description: Enjoy this special edition hardback of one of the greatest pieces of travel and nature writing ever written. Go with Peter Matthiessen all the way to Dolpo, a Tibetan plateau in the high Himalayas. This is the account of a journey to the dazzling Tibetan plateau of Dolpo in the high Himalayas. In 1973 Matthiessen made the 250-mile trek to Dolpo, as part of an expedition to study wild blue sheep. It was an arduous, sometimes dangerous, physical endeavour: exertion, blisters, blizzards, endless negotiations with sherpas, quaking cold. But it was also a 'journey of the heart' - among the beauty and indifference of the mountains Matthiessen was searching for solace. He was also searching for a glimpse of a snow leopard, a creature so rarely spotted as to be almost mythical. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD MABEY'A beautiful book, and worthy of the mountains he is among' Paul Theroux'A delight' i Paper
language: English
title: The Snow Leopard
titlecomplete: The Snow Leopard
characters: Peter Matthiessen, George Schaller
genres: Biography, Animals, Nature, Adventure, Asia, Philosophy, Memoir, Nonfiction, Classics, Travel
ratings_count: 17740
places: Nepal
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: National Book Award
category: Contemporary Thought (1979) & General Nonfiction (Paperback), awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Penguin Books