
The Snow Leopard
An account of the author's two-hundred-fifty-mile journey, on foot, from Kathmandu, Nepal, to the Crystal Mountain, in Tibet, in search of the Himalayan blue sheep, the rare snow leopard, and distances of the spirit.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Ji jie feng
- Year
- 1996
- ISBN-13
- 9781860461538
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Himalayan travelSpiritual journeyWildlife exploration
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1980)
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1979)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1978)
Other awarded books from Peter Matthiessen
- The Tree Where Man Was Born
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