The Cloud Forest, Peter Matthiessen
The Cloud Forest, Peter Matthiessen
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The Cloud Forest
A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness

Author: Peter Matthiessen

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki; directed by Judy Young

Unabridged: 9 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/24/2009

Synopsis

For twenty thousand miles, Peter Matthiessen crisscrossed the South American wilderness, traveling from the Amazonian rain forests to Machu Picchu high in the Andes, down to the edge of the world at Tierra del Fuego and back. In the course of his journey he followed the trails of old explorers, encountered river bandits, wild tribesmen, and the evidence of ancient ruins, and discovered a fossilized snout of a giant unknown crocodilian hidden in the depths of the jungle on the wild mountain rivers of Peru.

About Peter Matthiessen

Peter Matthiessen (1927–2014) was the author of more than thirty books, including the New York Times bestseller The Snow Leopard. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1974. He was cofounder of the Paris Review and won two National Book Awards, the 2000 Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities, and the 2010 Spiros Vergos Prize for Freedom of Expression.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hilary

A reread-aloud, read over a couple of days and enjoyed even more the third time round. I would put this in the top 20 books we have read together. Andrew is an orphan who has been adopted by Mrs Badger who is the matron in a girls school. Not only does Andrew have to live at the school and walk to a......more

Goodreads review by Jim

The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness is actually two books: The first part is a rather slipshod diary of a trip encompassing parts of Brazil, Peru, Chile, and Argentina in a diary format. It almost seems as if the destinations are selected haphazardly. The second part makes......more

Goodreads review by Ben

The Cloud Forest is a classic of its genre, perhaps undeservedly so. A young Peter Matthiessen, after a few books of fiction, his first divorce, and one wildlife book, sets sail from New York on a cargo ship M.S. Venimos bound for the Amazon. For a travel book which revels in specificity and attains......more

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