Isbn: 9780679403777 - lost man's river (27 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The second novel in the Watson trilogy by one of the rare American writers to be nominated for the National Book Award in both fiction and nonfiction.Lucius Watson is hell-bent on discovering the truth about his father, EJ Watson. Was he a dedicated family guy, a visionary farmer, or a man of progress? Was he a cold-blooded killer and amoral opportunist, or was he something else entirely? Were his neighbors compelled to murder him because they were afraid of him? Or was it a case of jealousy? Should the neighbors be afraid of the preoccupied Lucius when he returns to live among them and asks inquiries if Watson was a murderer? The protagonists in this story are men and women who have been shaped by the harsh elements of the Florida Everglades--an isolated species, descendants of renegades and pioneers who have only their grit, instinct, and tradition to wield against the obliterating forces of twentieth-century progress: Speck Daniels, moonshiner and alligator poacher turned gunrunner; Sally Brown, who fights to escape the prejudice and xenophobia that plagues her community; and othersLost Man's River explores the basic relationship between a dangerous father and his desperate kids, as well as the ways in which his death has impacted their lives, in a drama of epic breadth and ambition.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The second novel in the Watson trilogy by one of the rare American writers to be nominated for the National Book Award in both fiction and nonfiction.Lucius Watson is hell-bent on discovering the truth about his father, EJ Watson. Was he a dedicated family guy, a visionary farmer, or a man of progress? Was he a cold-blooded killer and amoral opportunist, or was he something else entirely? Were his neighbors compelled to murder him because they were afraid of him? Or was it a case of jealousy? Should the neighbors be afraid of the preoccupied Lucius when he returns to live among them and asks inquiries if Watson was a murderer? The protagonists in this story are men and women who have been shaped by the harsh elements of the Florida Everglades--an isolated species, descendants of renegades and pioneers who have only their grit, instinct, and tradition to wield against the obliterating forces of twentieth-century progress: Speck Daniels, moonshiner and alligator poacher turned gunrunner; Sally Brown, who fights to escape the prejudice and xenophobia that plagues her community; and othersLost Man's River explores the basic relationship between a dangerous father and his desperate kids, as well as the ways in which his death has impacted their lives, in a drama of epic breadth and ambition.…

Zustand: Good. 1st ed. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. 1st ed. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Signed Copy . Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on front endpage.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Printing. In VG DJ (in protector) ; Hardback (Blue cloth spine/green boards). Map eps. Historical novel set in SW FL. Sequel to KILLING MISTER WATSON; 8vo; 539 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good.

Hardback. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDContemporary FictionVery good copy, good dusk jacket with some creasing Very good, good dusk jacket, cre.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Printing. Blank label on front free endpaper, In VG DJ (in protector) ; Hardback (Blue cloth spine/green boards). Map eps. Historical novel set in SW FL. Sequel to KILLING MISTER WATSON; 8vo; 539 pages.

Zustand: FINE. First printing. Second of a planned trilogy, this is the sequel to the highly acclaimed "Killing Mr. Watson". Set in the remote western part of the Florida Everglades in the early 1900's. Map endpapers. 539 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Zustand: FINE. First printing. Second of a planned trilogy, this is the sequel to the highly acclaimed "Killing Mr. Watson". Set in the remote western part of the Florida Everglades in the early 1900's. Map endpapers. 539 pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.).

Zustand: Good. In the sequel to Lost Man's River, Lucius Watson becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth about his father and the murder that tarnished his name, in an epic novel set in the wilderness of the Florida Everglades, that explores the impact of the father-son relationship on one's identity. 50,000 first printing. Tour.…

Zustand: Very Good. : Lost Man's River es la segunda novela de la trilogía de Watson escrita por Peter Matthiessen. La historia se centra en Lucius Watson, quien está obsesionado con descubrir la verdad sobre su padre, E. J. Watson. A través de sus investigaciones, Lucius se adentra en el oscuro y complejo pasado de su padre, explorando si fue un hombre de familia devoto o un asesino a sangre fría. La novela explora temas de identidad, la relación entre padres e hijos, y la brutal destrucción de la tierra en nombre del progreso, todo ello ambientado en los duros y aislados Everglades de Florida. EAN: 9780679403777 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Lost Man's River Autor: Peter Matthiessen Editorial: Random House Idioma: en Páginas: 539 Formato: tapa dura.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over green boards, gilt lettering on spine, maps on endpapers, fore-edge deckle. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition; unread, unmarked, tight, crisp, square, bright, and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xiv), 539, (2) pp.…

dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 539 pages. The second volume in the Watson trilogy. A tight near fine copy with some slight soiling to the top edge of the pages and in in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Matthiessen on a tipped in page. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. First printing. One of an unspecified number of copies SIGNED BY THE AUHTOR on a special tipped in page. Very fine/Very fine in all respects. In 2008 the author won the National Book Award for fiction for SHADOW COUNTRY, the revised version of the Watson trilogy, of which LOST MAN'S RIVER was part two. The author was extremely unhappy with part two and revised the trilogy to omit large parts of this book. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Spotting on the top page edge else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with rubbing. Signed by the author. The second of *The Watson Trilogy*.

Hardcover. dj. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, 539 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with gold lettering. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$26.95." Bumping to head and tail of dust jacket spine. Bumping to corners of dust jacket. Scuffing to dust jacket. Bumping to head and tail of spine. Text block sunken. Text block deckled on fore edge. Signed flat by Matthiessen on front free end paper. Shelved in Hardcover Fiction. 1411894. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Signed.…

dj. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. The second volume in the Watson trilogy. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Matthiessen on a tipped in page. A fresh copy.

Zustand: FINE. First printing. Second of a planned trilogy, this is the sequel to the highly acclaimed "Killing Mr. Watson". Set in the remote western part of the Florida Everglades in the early 1900's. Map endpapers. 539 pp. SIGNED on a blank preliminary page. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author, and additionally Inscribed and initialed by him.

[0-679-40377-9] 1997. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 539pp. 8vo. Signed. First US edition, first printing. Jacket protected in loose, mylar sleeve. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. The second book in the Watson trilogy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. [14], 539, [7] pages. Endpaper maps. Author's Note. Signed by the author on the title page. Slight weakness noted between verso and Author's Note that has been restrengthened with glue. Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 - April 5, 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher, and onetime CIA agent. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he is the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979, category Contemporary Thought) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). He was also a prominent environmental activist. Matthiessen's nonfiction featured nature and travel, notably The Snow Leopard (1978) and American Indian issues and history, such as a detailed and controversial study of the Leonard Peltier case, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1983). His fiction was adapted for film: the early story "Travelin' Man" was made into The Young One (1960) by Luis Buñuel and the novel At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965) into the 1991 film of the same name. In 2008, at age 81, Matthiessen received the National Book Award for Fiction for Shadow Country. According to critic Michael Dirda, "No one writes more lyrically [than Matthiessen] about animals or describes more movingly the spiritual experience of mountaintops, savannas, and the sea." Peter Matthiessen is one of the few American writers ever nominated for the National Book Award for both fiction and nonfiction. When his novel Killing Mister Watson was published in 1990, the reviews were extraordinary. It was heralded as "a marvel of invention . . . a virtuoso performance" (The New York Times Book Review) and a "novel [that] stands with the best that our nation has produced as literature" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Now Peter Matthiessen brings us the second novel in his Watson trilogy, a project that has been nearly twenty years in the writing. A story of epic scope and ambition, Lost Man's River confronts the primal relationship between a dangerous father and his desperate sons and the ways in which his death has shaped their lives. Lucius Watson is obsessed with learning the truth about his father. Who was E. J. Watson? Was he a devoted family man, an inspired farmer, a man of progress and vision? Or was he a cold-blooded murderer and amoral opportunist? Were his neighbors driven to kill him out of fear? Or was it envy? And if Watson was a killer, should the neighbors fear the obsessed Lucius when he returns to live among them and ask questions? The characters in this tale are men and women molded by the harsh elements of the Florida Everglades--an isolated breed, descendants of renegades and pioneers, who have only their grit, instinct, and tradition to wield against the obliterating forces of twentieth-century progress: Speck Daniels, moonshiner and alligator poacher turned gunrunner; Sally Brown, who struggles to escape the racism and shame of her local family; R. B. Collins, known as Chicken, crippled by drink and rage, who is the custodian of Watson secrets; Watson Dyer, the unacknowledged namesake with designs on the remote Watson homestead hidden in the wild rivers; and Henry Short, a black man and unwilling member of the group of armed island men who awaited E. J. Watson in the silent twilight. Only a storyteller of Peter Matthiessen's dazzling artistry could capture the beauty and strangeness of life on this lawless frontier while probing deeply into its underlying tragedy: the brutal destruction of the land in the name of progress, and the racism that infects the heart of New World history. First U.S. Edition [Stated], First Printing [per Random House printing convention]. Nancy Crampton (Author photograph) (illustrator). Signed. …