Penguin Orange Collection The Snow Leopard, (Paperback)

from Barbless

What I liked best was Matthiessen's writing style. It is so first person that several times it seemed like I had suddenly become brilliant in fields like anthropology and zoology. So this is what it must be like to be someone who is aware and educated about pretty much everything they lay eyes on.

from Barbless

What I liked best was Matthiessen's writing style. It is so first person that several times it seemed like I had suddenly become brilliant in fields like anthropology and zoology. So this is what it must be like to be someone who is aware and educated about pretty much everything they lay eyes on.

from anna_in_pdx

I cannot say enough good things about this book. Peter Matthiessen has, alas, left us but his writing will live on forever. This is the kind of book you take with you on a backpacking trip and savor over and over. Like Desert Solitaire, or A Sand County Almanac, or Thoreau's Journals. This is a b...

from Jazz1987

I really enjoyed this book learning a lot about snow leopards (Panthera uncia), bharal (Pseudois nayaur), the Himalayas, and the Nepalese people. The main reason why I wanted to read this book so bad was because the snow leopard has been on of my favorite animals since childhood. And even though ...

from Stbalbach

National Geographic ranked "The Snow Loepard" #12 in its respected list of 100 all-time best travel and exploration literature. It opened new vistas in the travel literature genre, combining spiritual quest, autobiography, nature writing and travel/adventure literature. It also won the National B...