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Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals
by Matthiessen, Peter
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Boston: Shambhala: Distributed in the United States by Random House, 1986. 1st ed, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket in mylar. xii, 288 pages; 24 cm; bibliographical references and index. Contents: America: Rinzai journals, 1969-1976 -- Nepal: Himalayan journals 1973 -- Japan: Soto journals 1976-1982.
In August 1968, naturalist-explorer Peter Matthiessen returned from Africa to his home in Sagaponack, Long Island, to find three Zen masters in his driveway -- guests of his wife, a new student of Zen. Thirteen years later, Matthiessen was ordained a Buddhist monk. Written in the same format as his best-selling The Snow Leopard, Nine-Headed Dragon River reveals Matthiessen's most daring adventure of all: the quest for his spiritual roots
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Diaries. Zen Buddhists -- United States -- Diaries. Zen Buddhism -- Doctrines. Ãcrivains américains -- 20e siècle -- Journaux intimes. Bouddhistes zen -- Ãtats-Unis -- Journaux intimes. Bouddhisme zen -- Doctrines. Authors, American. Religion. Religious life -- Buddhism. Zen Buddhism -- Doctrines. Zen Buddhists. Zen-Buddhismus Erlebnisbericht Autobiografie Named Person: Matthiessen, Peter -- Diaries. Matthiessen, Peter -- Religion. Matthiessen, Peter. Matthiessen, Peter (Schriftsteller) Biography. Biographies. Diaries. Biographies. Biographies. Time: 1900-1999 Geographic: United States.
In August 1968, naturalist-explorer Peter Matthiessen returned from Africa to his home in Sagaponack, Long Island, to find three Zen masters in his driveway -- guests of his wife, a new student of Zen. Thirteen years later, Matthiessen was ordained a Buddhist monk. Written in the same format as his best-selling The Snow Leopard, Nine-Headed Dragon River reveals Matthiessen's most daring adventure of all: the quest for his spiritual roots
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Diaries. Zen Buddhists -- United States -- Diaries. Zen Buddhism -- Doctrines. Ãcrivains américains -- 20e siècle -- Journaux intimes. Bouddhistes zen -- Ãtats-Unis -- Journaux intimes. Bouddhisme zen -- Doctrines. Authors, American. Religion. Religious life -- Buddhism. Zen Buddhism -- Doctrines. Zen Buddhists. Zen-Buddhismus Erlebnisbericht Autobiografie Named Person: Matthiessen, Peter -- Diaries. Matthiessen, Peter -- Religion. Matthiessen, Peter. Matthiessen, Peter (Schriftsteller) Biography. Biographies. Diaries. Biographies. Biographies. Time: 1900-1999 Geographic: United States.
Synopsis
Peter Matthiessen, distinguished novelist, naturalist, journalist, and explorer, was born in New York City and has been a commercial fisherman and charterboat captain. He participated as a diver in the worldwide search for the great white shark that culminated in his book Blue Meridian and in the film Blue Water, White Death. His fiction includes Race Rock; Partisans; Raditzer; At Play in the Fields of the Lord, which was nominated for a National Book Award; and most recently Far Tortuga. His nonfiction includes The Tree Where Man Was Born, which was nominated for a National Book Award, The Snow Leopard, which won a National Book Award in 1979, and In the Spirit of Crazy Horse.
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- Title
- Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals
- Author
- Matthiessen, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine jacket in mylar
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed, first printing (full number line)
- Publisher
- Shambhala: Distributed in the United States by Random House
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Religious life -- Buddhism
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