The Snow Leopard
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This article is about the book. For the animal, see Snow Leopard.
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| Author(s) | Peter Matthiessen |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Travel literature, Natural history |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Publication date | 1978 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
| Pages | 338 pp (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-670-65374-8 |
| OCLC Number | 3604372 |
| Dewey Decimal | 915.49/6 |
| LC Classification | QH193.H5 M37 1978 |
The Snow Leopard is a 1978 book by Peter Matthiessen, which is an account of his two month journey along with naturalist George Schaller in 1973 to Crystal Mountain, in the Dolpo region on the Tibetan Plateau in the Himalayas.
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[edit] Awards and acclaim
The Snow Leopard won the 1979 National Book Award in category Contemporary Thought[1] and the 1980 National Book Award for Nonfiction (paperback).[2] It has garnered more critical acclaim since then.[3] It is included in numerous lists of best travel books including World Hum's ten most celebrated books, Washington Post Book World's Travel Books That Will Take You Far, and National Geographic Traveler's Around the World in 80+ Books.[dead link][citation needed] and
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "National Book Awards – 1979". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ "National Book Awards – 1980". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
Some dual awards for hardcover and paperback books were conferred from 1980 to 1983, when both Fiction and Nonfiction were also subdivided in other ways. - ^ Powell's Books — The Snow Leopard (Penguin Nature Classics)
[edit] External links
- Review published in the NY Times on November 26, 1978
- Review by Amanda Fox in Salon's Wanderlust
